Shloka 64

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

Sanskrit

ततस्तयोः स तत्त्वज्ञो रोगघ्नैरौषधै रसैः ।

चकार नीरुजौ देहौ स्वरोचिरपराजितः ॥

Transliteration

tatas tayoḥ sa tattvajño rogaghnair auṣadhai rasaiḥ / cakāra nīrujau dehau svarocir aparājitaḥ

Translation

అప్పుడు తత్త్వజ్ఞుడైన, అజేయుడైన స్వారోచిషుడు రోగనాశక ఔషధులు మరియు భేషజసారాలతో వారి ఇద్దరి శరీరాలను సంపూర్ణ నిరోగంగా చేశాడు.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Hetu/Anantarya (कारण/अनन्तर्य)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb)

• tayoḥ: of those two
• tayoḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), षष्ठी/सप्तमी?—षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), द्विवचन (Dual), नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रयोगः सामान्यः (of those two)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• tattva-jñaḥ: knower of truth
• tattva-jñaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tattva + jña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative): तत्त्वस्य ज्ञः; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• roga-ghnaiḥ: with disease-destroying
• roga-ghnaiḥ: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: roga + ghna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: रोगान् घ्नन्ति इति; पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• auṣadhaiḥ: medicines, herbs
• auṣadhaiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: auṣadha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• rasaiḥ: juices, essences
• rasaiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• cakāra: made, rendered
• cakāra: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• nīrujau: free from disease
• nīrujau: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nīruja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण (adjective), पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), द्विवचन; देहौ इति विशेष्ये

• dehau: two bodies
• dehau: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), द्विवचन

• svarociḥ-aparājitaḥ: unconquered by Svarociṣ
• svarociḥ-aparājitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarociḥ + aparājita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (genitive sense): स्वरोचिषा अपराजितः (unconquered by Svarociṣ); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speakers

• Mārkaṇḍeya narrating

Key Themes

• Āyurveda and therapeutic knowledge
• Restoration of health
• Power of right application (yukti)

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Knowledge is validated by its capacity to remove suffering. The text honors practical wisdom (tattvajñāna expressed as healing skill) as a dharmic good.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Manvantara narrative: while not a cosmological passage, it exemplifies how Purāṇas use Manu-era stories to transmit applied sciences and ethics.

What is the esoteric significance?

Herbs and rasas indicate ‘earthly’ means; the teaching is that even curse-linked affliction can be mitigated through aligned knowledge—suggesting karma is not fatalism but a field where remedies operate.