Shloka 54

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

Sanskrit

तत्र पादे समाख्यातं पाकाय मुनिसत्तम ।

देशेष्वेतेषु चैतानि नक्षत्राण्यपि वै द्विज ॥

Transliteration

tatra pāde samākhyātaṃ pākāya munisattama / deśeṣveteṣu caitāni nakṣatrāṇyapi vai dvija

Translation

ହେ ମୁନିଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ! ସେହି ପାଦରେ ‘ପାକ’ (ଫଳନିର୍ଣ୍ଣୟ/ପୂର୍ବାନୁମାନ) ନିମିତ୍ତ ଏହା ବ୍ୟାଖ୍ୟା କରାଯାଇଛି। ହେ ଦ୍ୱିଜ! ଏହି ପ୍ରଦେଶଗୁଡ଼ିକରେ ନିଶ୍ଚୟ ଏହି ନକ୍ଷତ୍ରମାନେ ହିଁ କାର୍ଯ୍ୟକାରୀ ବୋଲି ବୁଝିବା।

Word by Word

• tatra: there/therein
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/सन्दर्भ-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb ‘there/in that context’)

• pāde: in the quarter (pāda)
• pāde: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन

• samākhyātam: has been stated/declared
• samākhyātam: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-khyā (धातु) → samākhyāta (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि (past passive participle, क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; impersonal passive sense ‘has been declared’

• pākāya: for Pāka
• pākāya: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/dative), एकवचन

• muni-sattama: O best of sages
• muni-sattama: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘best of sages’)

• deśeṣu: in the regions
• deśeṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), बहुवचन

• eteṣu: in these
• eteṣu: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; demonstrative used adjectivally

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

• etāni: these
• etāni: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; demonstrative used adjectivally

• nakṣatrāṇi: nakṣatras/asterisms
• nakṣatrāṇi: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nakṣatra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-कार (particle ‘also/even’)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• dvija: O twice-born (brahmin)
• dvija: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

Speakers

• Not specified in the provided excerpt (teacher addressing a sage/brāhmaṇa interlocutor)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Jyotiṣa
• Karma and results
• Geographical prognosis

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The text frames prediction as a disciplined reading of patterns (‘pāka’), implying that knowledge should be used to guide wise action rather than to inflame fear.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Ancillary cosmological/time-science material used alongside manvantara narratives; it supports Purāṇic world-order (loka-vyavasthā) rather than genealogies or creation proper.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Pāka’ (ripening) suggests that events mature according to subtle timings; the verse hints at a doctrine of latent causes becoming manifest when time and place align.