Shloka 48

Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions

Sanskrit

वारुणञ्चात्र नक्षत्रं तत्र प्रौष्ठपदाद्वयम् ।

येन किन्नरराज्यञ्च पशुपालं सकीचकम् ॥

Transliteration

vāruṇaṃ cātra nakṣatraṃ tatra prauṣṭhapadādvayam | yena kinnararājyaṃ ca paśupālaṃ sakīcakam ||

Translation

Di sini terdapat nakṣatra yang berkaitan dengan Varuṇa, dan di sana juga sepasang Proṣṭhapadā; melaluinya ditandakan alam para Kinnara, serta negeri para penggembala lembu bersama kaum Kīcaka.

Word by Word

• वारुणम्: Varuṇa-related
• वारुणम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वारुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; adjective qualifying ‘नक्षत्रम्’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• नक्षत्रम्: constellation
• नक्षत्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नक्षत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• प्रौष्ठपद: (the nakṣatra) Proṣṭhapadā
• प्रौष्ठपद: Viśeṣya (विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रौष्ठपद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; first member in apposition with ‘अद्वयम्’

• अद्वयम्: a pair (two)
• अद्वयम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; adjective meaning ‘twofold/dual’

• येन: by which
• येन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; instrumental of relative pronoun

• किन्नरराज्यम्: the Kinnara kingdom
• किन्नरराज्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किन्नर-राज्य (प्रातिपदिक; components: किन्नर + राज्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• पशुपालम्: (king) Paśupāla
• पशुपालम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशुपाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• सकीचकम्: together with Kīcaka
• सकीचकम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-कीचक (प्रातिपदिक; components: स + कीचक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष/सह-सम्बन्ध (‘with Kīcaka’) qualifying ‘पशुपालम्’

Speakers

• Not specified in input

Verse Rasa

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Primary Deities

• Varuṇa (via vāruṇa-nakṣatra reference)

Key Themes

• Cosmography
• Astral geography (nakṣatra)
• Mythic peoples (Kinnara)
• Ethnography

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The Purāṇa correlates terrestrial regions with celestial markers, reflecting an integrated worldview where sky and earth mirror each other; human domains are ‘read’ through astral coordinates.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Sthāna (cosmic geography) with astral mapping; not sarga/pratisarga, nor direct vaṃśa here.

What is the esoteric significance?

Nakṣatras function as subtle ‘addresses’ in the cosmic grid. Mentioning Kinnaras alongside nakṣatras signals liminal realms—spaces between human and divine—mapped through the heavens.