Shloka 55

Adhyaya 63 — The Birth of Svarocis and the Rescue of Manoramā: The Astra-Heart and the Healing of Curses

Sanskrit

दत्त्वा विद्यां ततः कन्यां स दातुमुपचक्रमे ।

तमाह सा तदा कन्या जनितारं स्वरूपिणम् ॥

Transliteration

dattvā vidyāṃ tataḥ kanyāṃ sa dātum upacakrame | tam āha sā tadā kanyā janitāraṃ svarūpiṇam ||

Translation

జ్ఞానం ఇచ్చిన తరువాత అతడు కన్యాదానానికి సిద్ధమయ్యాడు. అప్పుడు ఆ కన్య తన తండ్రితో—ఇప్పుడు తన నిజ స్వరూపంలో ఉన్నవాడితో—ఇలా పలికింది।

Word by Word

• dattvā: having given
• dattvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया

• vidyām: the vidyā/knowledge
• vidyām: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• tataḥ: then; thereafter
• tataḥ: Kāla/Anantara (काल/sequence marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय/तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय, तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb)

• kanyām: the maiden/daughter
• kanyām: Karma (कर्म/Object; intended to give)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन, सर्वनाम

• dātum: to give
• dātum: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/purpose)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु) + tumun (तुमुन्)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive), प्रयोजन/इच्छार्थ (purpose)

• upacakrame: began; undertook
• upacakrame: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kram (धातु) + upa- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; अर्थः—आरब्धवान् (began/undertook)

• tam: to him
• tam: Karma (कर्म/Object of āha)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन, सर्वनाम

• āha: said
• āha: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ah (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन, सर्वनाम

• tadā: then; at that time
• tadā: Kāla (काल/temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• kanyā: the maiden
• kanyā: Apposition (समनाधिकरण; sā = kanyā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• janitāram: begetter; father
• janitāram: Karma (कर्म/Object; addressed/mentioned)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक-नाम (agent noun)

• svarūpiṇam: in his own true form; self-formed
• svarūpiṇam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva-rūpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (sva-rūpa: 'own form' + in-suffix), विशेषणम् (qualifier of janitāram)

Speakers

• Mārkaṇḍeya narrates; the maiden begins speaking to her father (the Gandharva)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Consent/voice of the bride
• Social dharma of marriage
• Narrative transition to the maiden’s viewpoint

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The text pauses the transaction of giving to foreground the maiden’s speech, implying that personal agency and relational considerations matter within dharmic social arrangements.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Social-narrative (ācāra/ākhyāna) material, outside the pancalakṣaṇa core.

What is the esoteric significance?

The maiden’s intervention can symbolize the soul’s discernment interrupting merely formal exchanges—insisting on inner alignment, not only outer duty.