Shloka 18

Adhyaya 6 — Vasu's Story

Sanskrit

चकोरैः शातपत्रैश्च भृङ्गराजैस्तथा शुकैः । कोकिलैः कलविङ्कैश्च हारितैर् जोवजीवकैः ॥

Transliteration

cakoraiḥ śātapatraiś ca bhṛṅgarājais tathā śukaiḥ / kokilaiḥ kalaviṅkaiś ca hārītair jovajīvakaiḥ

Translation

Dengan burung cakora, burung śātapatra, burung bhṛṅgarāja dan burung nuri; dengan burung kukuk, burung kalaviṅka, serta burung hārīta dan burung jīvaka juga.

Word by Word

• चकोरैः: with cakora birds
• चकोरैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चकोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/सह), बहुवचन

• शातपत्रैः: with śātapatra (birds)
• शातपत्रैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शातपत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

• भृङ्गराजैः: with bhṛṅgarāja birds
• भृङ्गराजैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृङ्गराज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (also)

• शुकैः: with parrots
• शुकैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• कोकिलैः: with cuckoos
• कोकिलैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोकिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• कलविङ्कैः: with kalaviṅka birds
• कलविङ्कैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलविङ्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

• हारितैः: with hārīta birds
• हारितैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हारित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• जोवजीवकैः: with jīvajīvaka birds
• जोवजीवकैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जोवजीवक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (पाठभेदः—जीवजीवक/जोवजीवक)

Speakers

• Narratorial description within the Markandeya Purana’s early narrative (not the Devi Mahatmyam battle-dialogue)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Sacred geography / ashrama ambiance
• Auspicious natural imagery
• Poetic cataloguing (flora/fauna)

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse functions as auspicious scene-setting: a dharmic space is portrayed as harmonized with nature. In Purāṇic aesthetics, an ordered, non-violent soundscape of birds suggests sattva—an inner and outer environment conducive to tapas, study, and right conduct.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Indirectly supportive rather than a core pañcalakṣaṇa item. It does not state sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita directly; it serves narrative texture around the larger vaṃśānucarita-style storytelling and ashrama framing.

What is the esoteric significance?

Bird-calls in Sanskrit tradition often symbolize the Veda’s ‘sound’ and the mind’s movements. A chorus of varied birds can be read as multiplicity of voices resolved into a single harmonious field—hinting that diverse beings and impulses can be integrated under dharma in a purified setting.