Shloka 25

Adhyaya 74 — King Svarashtra, the Deer-Queen’s Curse, and the Rise of Tamasa Manu

Sanskrit

मूढे किमेवं मत्तासि धिक्ते दौः शील्यमीदृशम् । आधानकालो येनायं त्वया मे विफलीकृतः ॥

Transliteration

mūḍhe kim evaṃ mattāsi dhik te dauḥśīlyam īdṛśam / ādhānakālo yenāyaṃ tvayā me viphalīkṛtaḥ

Translation

మూఢ బాలికా—నీవు ఎందుకు ఇంత చపలంగా ఉన్నావు? నీ దురాచారానికి ధిక్కారం. ఈ కర్మచేత నా గర్భాధానకాలము వ్యర్థమైంది.

Word by Word

• mūḍhe: O foolish (woman)
• mūḍhe: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mūḍha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; vocative feminine singular

• kim: why/what
• kim: Prashna (प्रश्न/Interrogative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; interrogative pronoun used adverbially

• evam: thus, in this way
• evam: Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; manner-adverb

• mattā: intoxicated, mad
• mattā: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृसमानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: matta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; predicate adjective

• asi: you are
• asi: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; present indicative 2sg

• dhik: shame! fie!
• dhik: Bhāva (भाव/Exclamation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dhik (अव्यय)
• Form: निन्दार्थक-अव्यय; exclamatory particle of censure

• te: to you
• te: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन; dative pronoun

• dauḥśīlyam: bad conduct, wickedness
• dauḥśīlyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dauḥśīlya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; तद्धित/समास: दुḥ + शील (दुष्टशीलत्व)

• īdṛśam: such, like this
• īdṛśam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: īdṛśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; adjective agreeing with dauḥśīlyam

• ādhāna-kālaḥ: the time for conception/impregnation
• ādhāna-kālaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādhāna (प्रातिपदिक) + kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: आधानस्य कालः

• yena: by which (by whom)
• yena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; relative pronoun instrumental

• ayam: this
• ayam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; instrumental

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; genitive enclitic

• viphalīkṛtaḥ: made fruitless, rendered futile
• viphalīkṛtaḥ: Karma-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्मसमानाधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + phalī + kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/भूतकर्मणि), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; past passive participle used predicatively

Speakers

• Stag (revealed as a sage’s son later) addressing the girl (past-life of the doe)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Sexual ethics as natural order (ṛtu/ādhāna)
• Consequences of disruption
• Condemnation of cruelty and recklessness

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The rebuke frames the wrongdoing not merely as ‘violence’ but as sabotage of generative order; Purāṇic dharma frequently treats obstruction of life and progeny as a serious fault.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Ethical instruction through narrative (dharma-upadeśa via upākhyāna), not a direct sarga/pratisarga account.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Ādhāna’ (conception) symbolizes creative potency; obstructing it represents obstructing dharma’s forward movement—hence the karmic reversal into a constrained, animal embodiment.