Shloka 3

Adhyaya 60 — Descriptions of Kimpurusha-varsha, Hari-varsha, Ilavrita (Meru-varsha), Ramyaka, and Hiranyamaya

Sanskrit

तस्य ते वै फलरसं पिबन्तः पुरुषाः सदा ।

स्थिरयौवननिष्पन्नाः स्त्रियश्चोत्पलगन्धिकाः ॥

Transliteration

tasya te vai phalarasaṃ pibantaḥ puruṣāḥ sadā | sthira-yauvana-niṣpannāḥ striyaś cotpala-gandhikāḥ ||

Translation

దాని ఫలరసాన్ని నిత్యం పానము చేయుటవలన పురుషులు స్థిరయౌవనంతో యుక్తులై ఉంటారు; స్త్రీలు కమలములవలె సుగంధమయులై ఉంటారు।

Word by Word

• तस्य: of that (him/it)
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/षष्ठी), एकवचन (Singular)

• ते: they
• ते: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (Plural)

• वै: indeed
• वै: सम्बन्ध-निपात (discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphatic)

• फलरसम्: fruit-juice/essence of fruits
• फलरसम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल-रस (प्रातिपदिक; फल + रस)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular)

• पिबन्तः: drinking
• पिबन्तः: कर्ता (Karta/Agent; participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु) → पिबत् (वर्तमान-कृदन्त/शतृ)
• Form: वर्तमानकालिक-कर्तरि-शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• पुरुषाः: men
• पुरुषाः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• स्थिरयौवननिष्पन्नाः: endowed with steady youth
• स्थिरयौवननिष्पन्नाः: विशेषण (qualifier of कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थिर-यौवन-निष्पन्न (प्रातिपदिक; स्थिर + यौवन + निष्पन्न)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (adjective)

• स्त्रियः: women
• स्त्रियः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• उत्पलगन्धिकाः: fragrant like lotuses / lotus-scented
• उत्पलगन्धिकाः: विशेषण (qualifier of स्त्रियः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्पल-गन्धिक (प्रातिपदिक; उत्पल + गन्धिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (adjective)

Speakers

• Puranic narrator describing cosmic geography (frame-speaker not explicit in the provided excerpt)

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "adbhuta", "secondaryRasa": "shringara", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes

• Cosmology
• Sacred Geography
• Mythic Anthropology (idealized humans)
• Longevity/Agelessness motifs

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The passage presents a Puranic motif: environment and sustenance reflect inner merit. Ideal lands yield effortless well-being (stable youth, beauty, fragrance), implying that dharmic or divine proximity is mirrored as harmony in body and nature.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Primarily within 'Vaṃśānucarita' is not in view here; this belongs to Purāṇic 'Bhūgola/Varṇana' (cosmography), often treated as an extension of sarga-pratisarga world-structure description (creation-arrangement of the cosmos).

What is the esoteric significance?

Fruit-juice sustaining unaging youth symbolizes 'rasa' as refined vitality (ojas). Lotus-fragrance suggests sattva—purity and spiritual luminosity—emanating naturally where the cosmic order is unobstructed.