Shloka 29

Adhyaya 21 — Kuvalayashva’s Descent to Patala and the Rescue of Madalasa

Sanskrit

वज्रकेतुः सुतश्चोग्रो दानवोऽरिविदारणः ।

पातालकेतुर् विख्यातः पातालान्तरसंश्रयः ॥

Transliteration

vajraketoḥ sutaś cogro dānavo 'rividāraṇaḥ / pātālaketur vikhys? (vikhyātaḥ) pātālāntarasaṃśrayaḥ

Translation

ਉਹ ਵਜ੍ਰਕੇਤੁ ਨਾਮਕ ਦਾਨਵ ਦਾ ਕਠੋਰ ਪੁੱਤਰ ਹੈ, ਵੈਰੀਆਂ ਦਾ ਸੰਹਾਰਕ। ਪਾਤਾਲਕੇਤੁ ਨਾਮ ਨਾਲ ਪ੍ਰਸਿੱਧ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਪਾਤਾਲ ਦੇ ਅੰਦਰੂਨੀ ਖੇਤਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੱਸਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• वज्रकेतुः: Vajraketu
• वज्रकेतुः: कर्ता (Karta/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्रकेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नाम (proper noun)

• सुतः: son
• सुतः: विधेय (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• उग्रः: fierce
• उग्रः: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘सुतः/दानवः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• दानवः: a Dānava (demon)
• दानवः: विधेय (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अरि-विदारणः: destroyer of enemies
• अरि-विदारणः: विधेय (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरि + विदारण (प्रातिपदिक; √दॄ/√दृ (धातु) से ल्युट्/णिच्-भाव)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अरिणां विदारणः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• पातालकेतुः: Pātālaketu
• पातालकेतुः: कर्ता (Karta/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातालकेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नाम (proper noun)

• विख्यातः: renowned
• विख्यातः: विधेय (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√ख्या (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• पाताल-अन्तर-संश्रयः: dweller in the inner regions of Pātāla
• पाताल-अन्तर-संश्रयः: विधेय (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाताल + अन्तर + संश्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-परम्परा (पातालस्य अन्तरे संश्रयः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speakers

• Narrative voice continuing the woman’s report

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "raudra", "secondaryRasa": "bhayanaka", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes

• Asura/dānava genealogy
• Netherworld cosmography (Pātāla)
• Threat characterization

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Purāṇas often define antagonists by lineage and ‘guṇa’ (here: ugra). This frames the ethical polarity: the abducting force is not accidental but rooted in asuric disposition.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Again, a localized vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita element (naming ancestry) within narrative.

What is the esoteric significance?

Pātāla can signify subconscious depths; ‘Pātālaketu’ (banner/sign of the netherworld) becomes a figure for impulses rising from darkness to seize what is luminous.