Shloka 10

Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat

Sanskrit

वनानि नद्यः शैलांश्च पुण्याण्यायतनानि च ।

स ततो विस्मयाविष्टः प्राह तं द्विजसत्तमम् ॥

Transliteration

vanāni nadyaḥ śailāṁś ca puṇyāny āyatanāni ca |

sa tato vismayāviṣṭaḥ prāha taṁ dvija-sattamam ||

Translation

သူသည် တောအုပ်များ၊ မြစ်များ၊ တောင်တန်းများနှင့် သန့်ရှင်းသော ဘုရားကျောင်း/သီလဝတ္ထုများကိုလည်း ဖော်ပြ하였다။ ထို့နောက် အံ့ဩမှုဖြင့် ပြည့်ဝသော နားထောင်သူသည် ထိုထူးမြတ်သော ဗြာဟ္မဏအား ပြောဆို하였다။

Word by Word

• vanāni: forests
• vanāni: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• nadyaḥ: rivers
• nadyaḥ: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nadī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन (वैकल्पिकरूपेण प्रथमा-बहुवचनसदृशम्)

• śailān: mountains
• śailān: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• puṇyāni: holy/sacred
• puṇyāni: Karma (कर्म/object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (āyatanāni)

• āyatanāni: shrines/abodes
• āyatanāni: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āyatana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• tataḥ: then/thereupon
• tataḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/अनन्तरार्थ (thereupon/then)

• vismaya-āviṣṭaḥ: filled with astonishment
• vismaya-āviṣṭaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vismaya (प्रातिपदिक) + āviṣṭa (कृदन्त)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः: vismayena āviṣṭa = 'overcome by wonder'); पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (saḥ)

• prāha: said
• prāha: Kriya (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√ah (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tam: to him/that (man)
• tam: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• dvija-sattamam: the best of Brahmins
• dvija-sattamam: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (कर्मधारयः: 'श्रेष्ठः द्विजः'); पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

Speakers

• Narrator voice; transition to the listener’s question

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "adbhuta", "secondaryRasa": "bhakti", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes

• Tirtha/kshetra orientation
• Sacred landscape
• Wonder leading to inquiry

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The Purāṇic imagination ties dharma to place: sacred sites and natural features become prompts for reverence and inquiry rather than mere sightseeing.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Not pancalakṣaṇa proper; it is narrative with a tīrtha/geography sub-strand.

What is the esoteric significance?

Forests, rivers, and mountains can symbolize inner terrains—discipline (vana), flow of consciousness (nadī), and steadfastness (śaila)—with ‘āyatana’ as the locus where the divine is recognized.