Shloka 12

Adhyaya 65 — Svarocis Enjoys on the Mountain; A Debate on Marital Fidelity and Desire

Sanskrit

एतन्निशम्य वचनं कलहंसीसमीरितम् ।

उवाच चक्रवाकी तां नातिविस्मितमानसा ॥

Transliteration

etan niśamya vacanaṃ kalahaṃsī-samīritam | uvāca cakravākī tāṃ nāti-vismita-mānasā ||

Translation

इति कलहंस्या वचनं श्रुत्वा, चक्रवाकी तामुवाच; नातिविस्मितमानसा सा प्रत्यभाषत।

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• निशम्य: having heard
• निशम्य: Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Converb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √शम्/शम (धातु) उपसर्ग-नि + ल्यप् (अव्यय-कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्यय-कृदन्त (gerund), ‘having heard/listened’

• वचनम्: speech, words
• वचनम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कलहंसी-समीरितम्: uttered by the kalahaṃsī
• कलहंसी-समीरितम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कलहंसी (प्रातिपदिक) + समीरित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √ईर्/ईरय् (धातु) + सम्-उपसर्ग + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (कलहंस्या समीरितम् = uttered by the female ruddy goose)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• चक्रवाकी: the female cakravāka bird
• चक्रवाकी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्रवाकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ताम्: to her, her
• ताम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation)

• अति-विस्मित-मानसा: with a mind not much astonished
• अति-विस्मित-मानसा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति (अव्यय) + विस्मित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √स्मि (धातु) + वि-उपसर्ग + क्त) + मानस्/मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि-समास (यस्या मानसः अति-विस्मितः सा = whose mind was not greatly astonished; here with preceding ‘न’ = not very astonished-minded)

Speakers

• Cakravākī responding to Kalahamsī

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Debate/dialogue structure
• Rebuttal of naive praise
• Discernment

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The calm, unastonished reply signals a corrective: ethical evaluation should not be driven by surface appearances of pleasure.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Dialogic pedagogy (upākhyāna) functioning as dharma-vicāra (ethical inquiry).

What is the esoteric significance?

The transition from admiration to analysis mirrors the inner move from moha (fascination) to viveka (clear seeing).