Shloka 22
Kāṣṭhīla-Upākhyāna: Rākṣasī, Spear-Śakti, and Kāśī as Śakti-kṣetra
अद्य वाथ परेद्युर्वा पक्षे मासेऽथ वत्सरे । व्यापादय यथेच्छं वा त्वां प्रपन्नोऽस्मि भामिनि ॥ २२ ॥
adya vātha paredyurvā pakṣe māse'tha vatsare | vyāpādaya yathecchaṃ vā tvāṃ prapanno'smi bhāmini || 22 ||
अद्य वा परेद्युर्वा, पक्षे मासेऽथ वा वत्सरे; यथेच्छं मां व्यापादय—त्वां प्रपन्नोऽस्मि, हे भामिनि।
Narrative speaker not explicitly indicated in the provided shloka (likely a male speaker addressing a woman within the Adhyaya’s story-context).
Vrata: none
Rasa: {"primary_rasa":"karuna","secondary_rasa":"bhayanaka","emotional_journey":"The speaker moves from resignation to a dramatic self-offering: time is rendered irrelevant, culminating in a stark invitation to be killed—an intense, tragic surrender."}
FAQs
The verse dramatizes śaraṇāgati—complete surrender—where the speaker relinquishes control over time and outcome, expressing total acceptance and refuge in the addressed person’s will.
Though framed in human dialogue, its inner mood mirrors bhakti’s core discipline: giving up egoic bargaining (“when” and “how”) and adopting surrendered dependence—an attitude later redirected in Purāṇic teaching toward surrender to Bhagavān (often Vishnu).
No specific Vedāṅga (such as Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa-ritual detail) is taught directly; the verse is primarily ethical and devotional in tone, using time-units (day/fortnight/month/year) as rhetorical emphasis rather than calendrical instruction.