Shloka 59

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

Sanskrit

साहं यथा ते दुःखार्ते मत्कृते कन्यके पितः ।

तथा स्थास्यामि तद्दुःखे तच्छोकानलतापिता ॥

Transliteration

sāhaṃ yathā te duḥkhārte matkṛte kanyake pitaḥ / tathā sthāsyāmi tadduḥkhe tacchokānalatāpitā

Translation

โอ้บิดาแห่งธิดา ดังที่ข้าได้เห็นท่านทุกข์โศกเพราะข้า ฉันใด ข้าก็จักคงอยู่ในโศกนั้นฉันนั้น ถูกไฟแห่งความเศร้านั้นเผาผลาญอยู่

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Correlative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (comparative/"as")

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया/चतुर्थी/षष्ठी बहुवचन-रूपेषु; अत्र षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचनार्थे (enclitic) = "of you"

• दुःख-आर्ते: O one afflicted with sorrow
• दुःख-आर्ते: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक) + आर्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √ar/ṛ (ऋ) + क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (दुःखेन आर्तः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• मत्-कृते: for my sake
• मत्-कृते: Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + कृता (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √kṛ (कृ) + क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (मया कृते/मदर्थे); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अर्थे = "for my sake"

• कन्यके: O girl
• कन्यके: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्यका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• पितः: O father
• पितः: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• तथा: so
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Correlative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तदनुरूप/एवम् (so, in that manner)

• स्थास्यामि: I will remain/stand
• स्थास्यामि: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (स्था) (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्-दुःखे: in that sorrow
• तत्-दुःखे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (तस्य दुःखे); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तत्-शोक-अनल-तापिता: burnt by the fire of that grief
• तत्-शोक-अनल-तापिता: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + शोक (प्रातिपदिक) + अनल (प्रातिपदिक) + तापित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √tap (तप्) + णिच् + क्त)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (तस्य शोकः अनल इव; तेन तापिता); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speakers

• A maiden (kanyā) speaking to her father (reported within Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration)

Key Themes

• Compassion and shared suffering
• Family grief
• Karmic consequence (implied)
• Pathos in narrative

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse foregrounds empathy and moral accountability: one who becomes the cause of another’s grief should not be indifferent to its consequences, but recognize and share the burden of suffering.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Primarily Manvantara: the Purāṇa embeds ethical narratives within the account of a specific Manu’s era, illustrating dharma through exemplary (or cautionary) episodes.

What is the esoteric significance?

“Fire of grief” (śokānala) is a classic inner-heat metaphor: sorrow is depicted as an internal conflagration, implying that healing requires not only external remedy but also the cooling of the mind through right resolution and restoration.