Shloka 64

Narasiṃha’s Greatness and the Slaying of Hiraṇyakaśipu

Boon, Portents, and Cosmic Restoration

Devanagari script

चकोराः शतपत्राश्च मत्तकोकिलशारिकाः । पुष्पितान्पुष्पिताग्रांश्च संपतंति महाद्रुमान्

Transliteration

cakorāḥ śatapatrāśca mattakokilaśārikāḥ | puṣpitānpuṣpitāgrāṃśca saṃpataṃti mahādrumān

Translation

Burung cakora, burung śatapatra, serta burung kukila dan śārikā yang mabuk kegembiraan, menyambar turun ke pohon-pohon besar—pohon yang sedang mekar penuh, dengan pucuk-pucuk berbunga.

Word by Word

• चकोराः: cakora birds
• चकोराः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चकोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative, 1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• शतपत्राः: śatapatra birds (lit. ‘hundred-winged/leafed’)
• शतपत्राः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतपत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative, 1st), बहुवचन (Plural); द्विगु-समास (Dvigu): शत + पत्र

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

• मत्त-कोकिल-शारिकाः: intoxicated cuckoos and mynas
• मत्त-कोकिल-शारिकाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्त (प्रातिपदिक) + कोकिल (प्रातिपदिक) + शारिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine, as head शारिका), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative, 1st), बहुवचन (Plural); द्वन्द्व-समास (copulative): मत्तकोकिलाः + शारिकाः (as a group)

• पुष्पितान्: blooming
• पुष्पितान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुष्पित (कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय from √पुष्प्/पुष्प् ‘to bloom’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative, 2nd), बहुवचन (Plural); कर्मविशेषण (adjective of object)

• पुष्पित-अग्रान्: having blossomed tops
• पुष्पित-अग्रान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुष्पित (कृदन्त) + अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative, 2nd), बहुवचन (Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): पुष्पितम् अग्रं येषाम् (having blooming tops)

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

• संपतन्ति: they fly/descend upon
• संपतन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √पत् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada)

• महाद्रुमान्: great trees
• महाद्रुमान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + द्रुम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative, 2nd), बहुवचन (Plural); कर्मधारय-समास: महान्तः द्रुमाः

Speaker

Narrator (context not specified in the provided excerpt; likely within the Pulastya–Bhīṣma dialogue framework of the Padma Purāṇa)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shringara

Geographic Context

Type: forest

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: शतपत्राः + च → शतपत्राश्च; पुष्पितान् + पुष्पिताग्रान् + च → पुष्पितान्पुष्पिताग्रांश्च; सम् + पतन्ति → संपतन्ति (anusvāra sandhi).

FAQs

What scene is this verse describing in the Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa?

It paints a vivid natural tableau: birds—cakoras, śatapatras, cuckoos, and mynas—alighting on great trees laden with blossoms, suggesting a flourishing, life-filled landscape.

Does this verse teach a specific Bhakti doctrine?

Not directly; it functions more as descriptive imagery. Indirectly, such abundance and harmony can be read as celebrating the ordered beauty of creation often attributed to divine governance in Purāṇic literature.

What is the ethical or reflective takeaway from this verse?

The verse encourages attentiveness to the vitality and joy present in nature—an invitation to cultivate appreciation, calm observation, and reverence for the living world.