Shloka 65

Adhyaya 75 — The Fall and Restoration of Revatī Nakṣatra and the Birth of Raivata Manu

Sanskrit

औद्वाहिकान्ते भूपाल कथ्यतां किं ददाम्यहम् ।

दुर्लभ्यमपि दास्यामि ममाप्रतिहतं तपः ॥

Transliteration

audvāhikānte bhūpāla kathyatāṃ kiṃ dadāmy aham | durlabhyam api dāsyāmi mamāpratihatam tapaḥ ||

Translation

По завершении брачных обрядов мудрец сказал: «О царь, скажи мне — что мне даровать тебе? Даже трудно достижимое я дарую, ибо моя аскеза (тапас) не знает преград»

Word by Word

• audvāhika-ante: at the end of the wedding
• audvāhika-ante: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: audvāhika + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (audvāhikasya antaḥ)

• bhūpāla: O king
• bhūpāla: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūpāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन

• kathyatām: let (it) be stated
• kathyatām: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kath (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; ‘let it be told/said’

• kim: what
• kim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम

• dadāmi: do I give
• dadāmi: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• durlabhyam: even (something) hard to obtain
• durlabhyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: durlabhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (implicit object)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कार (particle: even/also)

• dāsyāmi: I will give
• dāsyāmi: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• apratihatam: unobstructed
• apratihatam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-prati-hata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Acc/Nom), एकवचन; विशेषण

• tapaḥ: austerity, penance
• tapaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

Speakers

• Sage (implied speaker offering boon) addressing the king/son-in-law

Key Themes

• Boon (vara) motif
• Tapas as invincible merit
• Royal lineage and cosmic governance

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Power is framed as accountable generosity: the ascetic offers his earned potency to support righteous kingship and ordered society.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Vaṃśānucarita: the requested boon directly shapes dynastic history; secondarily, Manvantara because the boon yields a Manu.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Unobstructed tapas’ indicates concentrated will free of inner impediments; when such will is offered outwardly, it becomes creative destiny for communities and ages.