Shloka 41

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

Sanskrit

यद्येष मयि सुस्निग्धां दृष्टिमद्य निपातयेत् । कृतपुण्या न मत्तोऽन्या त्रैलोक्ये वनिता ततः ॥

Transliteration

yadyeṣa mayi susnigdhāṃ dṛṣṭim adya nipātayet / kṛtapuṇyā na matto 'nyā trailokye vanitā tataḥ

Translation

«Se hoje ele lançasse sobre mim um olhar de grande afeição, então nenhuma outra mulher, nos três mundos, seria mais meritória do que eu.»

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conditional conjunction

• एषः: this (man)
• एषः: Karta (कर्ता/प्रथमा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• मयि: on/at me
• मयि: Adhikarana (अधिकरणम्/सप्तमी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• सु-स्निग्धाम्: very affectionate, tender
• सु-स्निग्धाम्: Visheshana (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (अव्यय-पूर्वपद) + स्निग्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; कर्मधारयः (अतिशयेन स्निग्धा) qualifying ‘दृष्टिम्’

• दृष्टिम्: glance, look
• दृष्टिम्: Karma (कर्म/द्वितीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• अद्य: today, now
• अद्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; kāla-adverb

• निपातयेत्: should cast/let fall
• निपातयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + पत् (धातु)
• Form: Causative not intended; simple verb with upasarga; Optative (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

• कृत-पुण्या: meritorious (having earned merit)
• कृत-पुण्या: Karta (कर्ता/प्रथमा)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृ धातु, क्त कृदन्त) + पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; बहुव्रीहि-भावार्थ also possible, but here as adjective ‘one who has done merit’; tatpurusha sense (पुण्यं कृतवती)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; negation particle

• मत्तः: than me/from me
• मत्तः: Apadana (अपादानम्/पञ्चमी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular

• अन्या: another
• अन्या: Karta (कर्ता/प्रथमा)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; used substantively ‘another (woman)’

• त्रै-लोक्ये: in the three worlds
• त्रै-लोक्ये: Adhikarana (अधिकरणम्/सप्तमी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; द्विगु-समासः (त्रयाणां लोकानां समाहारः)

• वनिता: woman
• वनिता: Karta (कर्ता/प्रथमा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• ततः: then, therefore
• ततः: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb (result/sequence)

Speakers

• Narrative voice reporting the thoughts of a divyayoṣit

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "shringara", "secondaryRasa": "mada", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes

• Kāma (desire)
• Validation through attention
• Puṇya as social-spiritual status
• Tri-loka motif

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Craving for a ‘glance’ shows how small tokens of attention can become the axis of self-worth. The verse critiques comparative pride (māna) arising from desire.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ākhyāna/Upākhyāna; it supports the narrative’s moral texture rather than cosmological or dynastic accounting.

What is the esoteric significance?

The ‘glance’ (dṛṣṭi) is a subtle motif for śakti of attention: when sought externally, it binds; when internalized as witnessing awareness, it liberates—here shown in its binding form.