Shloka 11

Sati's Death & Virabhadra — Sati’s Death and the Assault on Daksha’s Sacrifice: Virabhadra versus the Devas

Devanagari script

जया मृतां सतीं दृष्ट्वा क्रोधशोकपरिप्लुता मुञ्चती वारि नेत्राभ्यां सस्वरं विललाप ह

Transliteration

jayā mṛtāṃ satīṃ dṛṣṭvā krodhaśokapariplutā muñcatī vāri netrābhyāṃ sasvaraṃ vilalāpa ha

Translation

जया मृतां सतीं दृष्ट्वा क्रोधशोकपरिप्लुता । मुञ्चती वारि नेत्राभ्यां सस्वरं विललाप ह ॥

Word by Word

• jayā: Jayā
• jayā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jayā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• mṛtām: dead
• mṛtām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक from √mṛ)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण of satīm

• satīm: Satī
• satīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव

• krodha-śoka-pariplutā: overwhelmed by anger and grief
• krodha-śoka-pariplutā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krodha (प्रातिपदिक) + śoka (प्रातिपदिक) + paripluta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक from √plu + pari-)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (krodhaśokābhyāṃ pariplutā), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण of jayā

• muñcatī: shedding/letting fall
• muñcatī: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muc (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘while releasing’

• vāri: water (tears)
• vāri: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• netrābhyām: with (her) two eyes
• netrābhyām: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: netra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, द्विवचन

• sa-svaram: aloud / with voice
• sa-svaram: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + svara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव (svarena saha), अव्यय; adverbial

• vilalāpa: lamented
• vilalāpa: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √lap (धातु) + vi- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ha: indeed
• ha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ha (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/expletive particle)

Speakers

• Pulastya narrating; the lamenter is an unnamed female figure in this verse alone (identity requires surrounding verses)

Key Themes

• Grief and Lament (Śoka)
• Consequences of Anger (Krodha)
• Narrative Frame (Rishi dialogue)
• Human Emotion in Dharmic Literature

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "karuna", "secondaryRasa": "raudra", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse shows the chain reaction of ungoverned anger: it culminates in loss and then expands into communal grief. Puranic ethics often treat emotional discipline as necessary for sustaining dharma and social harmony.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Vamśānucarita / narrative episode: an affective, moralized scene within the broader puranic storytelling framework.

What is the symbolic significance?

Tears (‘vāri’) and loud lament mark the passage from inner disturbance (krodha) to outward disorder, a common puranic signal that adharma has breached composure and that further consequences (curses, boons, or corrective rites) may follow.