Shloka 36

Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship

Sanskrit

पितृद्वयं मया प्राप्तमस्मिन्नेव हि जन्मनि ।

मातृद्वयञ्च किञ्चित्रं यदन्यद् देहसम्भवे ॥

Transliteration

pitṛdvayaṃ mayā prāptamasminneva hi janmani / mātṛdvayañca kiñcitraṃ yadanyad dehasambhave

Translation

ในชาตินี้เอง เราได้บิดาสองคนและมารดาสองคนด้วย—น่าพิศวงยิ่งนัก; และสิ่งอื่นใดก็ตามที่เกิดขึ้นจากการมีร่างกายก็เป็นเช่นนี้เอง

Word by Word

• पितृद्वयम्: two fathers
• पितृद्वयम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ + द्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (द्वौ पितरौ)

• मया: by me
• मया: कर्ता (Karta/Agent in passive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘by me’

• प्राप्तम्: obtained/received
• प्राप्तम्: क्रिया (Kriyā/Predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थ (with implied ‘अस्ति’)

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: निपात (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle: indeed/only)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: निपात (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/निश्चये निपात (particle: for/indeed)

• जन्मनि: in (this) birth
• जन्मनि: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मातृद्वयम्: two mothers
• मातृद्वयम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ + द्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (द्वे मातरौ)

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

• किञ्चित्: some
• किञ्चित्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किञ्चित् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अनिश्चितपरिमाणवाचक (indefinite: some)

• इतरम्: other/remaining
• इतरम्: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इतर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘other/remaining’

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: सम्बन्ध (Relative connector)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; relative pronoun

• अन्यत्: other
• अन्यत्: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• देहसम्भवे: in bodily existence/embodiment
• देहसम्भवे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (देहस्य सम्भवः = embodiment/origin of body)

Speakers

• Ānanda speaking (within Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration)

Verse Rasa

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

Key Themes

• Contingency of parentage
• Embodiment as a source of shifting identities
• Karmic life-situations (implied)

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Even the most ‘natural’ bonds—mother and father—can become plural through circumstance, adoption, guardianship, or fate. Hence one should ground oneself in dharma and inner steadiness rather than mere blood-identity.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ancillary ethical/philosophical reflection within an ākhyāna; not a genealogical (vaṃśa) listing though it touches the idea of lineage indirectly.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Two fathers/two mothers’ symbolizes the layered causes of embodiment—biological, social, and karmic—hinting that the true identity is not exhausted by any single causal chain.