Shloka 10

Jaratkāru’s Marital Compact and Departure (जरत्कारु–जरत्कारुणी संवादः)

Devanagari script

अड्कुरं कृतवांस्तत्र ततः पर्णद्वयान्वितम्‌ । पलाशिनं शाखिनं च तथा विटपिनं पुन:

Transliteration

aṅkuraṃ kṛtavāṃs tatra tataḥ parṇadvayānvitam | palāśinaṃ śākhinaṃ ca tathā viṭapinaṃ punaḥ ||

Translation

अङ्कुरं कृतवान् तत्र ततः पर्णद्वयान्वितम्। पलाशिनं शाखिनं च तथा विटपिनं पुनः॥

Word by Word

• अङ्कुरम्: a sprout
• अङ्कुरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्कुर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कृतवान्: having made / having produced
• कृतवान्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• ततः: then / thereafter
• ततः: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• पर्ण-द्वय-अन्वितम्: endowed with two leaves
• पर्ण-द्वय-अन्वितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर्णद्वयान्वित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पलाशिनम्: having young leaves/shoots
• पलाशिनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पलाशिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शाखिनम्: having branches
• शाखिनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाखिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• तथा: likewise / in the same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• विटपिनम्: having twigs/branchlets
• विटपिनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विटपिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

Speaker

काश्यप उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kaśyapa
• sprout (aṅkura)
• two leaves (parṇadvaya)
• tree (implied by palāśin/śākhin/viṭapin)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights disciplined, step-by-step restoration: power (tapas/skill) is shown not as chaos but as ordered creation, implying that true mastery aligns with natural sequence and restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kaśyapa describes a marvel in which a tree is re-established progressively—first a sprout appears, then two leaves, then fuller foliage, branches, and spreading offshoots—until it stands restored as before.