Shloka 13

Adhyaya 9 — Vasiṣṭha and Viśvāmitra’s Mutual Curse: The Āḍi–Baka Battle and Brahmā’s Pacification

Sanskrit

योजनानां सहस्रे द्वे प्रमाणेनाडिरुच्छ्रितः ।

यन्नवत्यधिकं ब्रह्मन् ! सहस्रत्रितयं बकः ॥

Transliteration

yojanānāṃ sahasre dve pramāṇenāḍir ucchritaḥ / yan navaty-adhikaṃ brahman sahasra-tritayaṃ bakaḥ

Translation

อาฑิ ตามประมาณ สูงขึ้นถึงสองพันโยชน์; และบกะ โอ พราหมณ์ สูงถึงสามพันโยชน์ พร้อมเพิ่มอีกเก้าสิบ (โยชน์)

Word by Word

• योजनानाम्: of yojanas
• योजनानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; “of yojanas”

• सहस्रे: at a thousand
• सहस्रे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; locative used with numeral: “in/at a thousand”

• द्वे: two
• द्वे: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, द्विवचन; numeral “two” qualifying सहस्रे (sense: two thousands)

• प्रमाणेन: by measure
• प्रमाणेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; instrumental “by measure”

• आडिः: Āḍi (name/epithet)
• आडिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आडि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; proper name/epithet (as in text)

• उच्छ्रितः: was lofty/raised
• उच्छ्रितः: Karta (कर्ता) (predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-श्रि (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; “raised/lofty”

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; relative pronoun “which/that which”

• नवति: ninety
• नवति: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नवति (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (संख्याशब्द), प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; “ninety” (as numeral)

• अधिकम्: more/additional
• अधिकम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; “additional/more”

• ब्रह्मन्: O Brahman!
• ब्रह्मन्: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; address

• सहस्रत्रितयम्: three thousand
• सहस्रत्रितयम्: Karma/Measure (कर्म/परिमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र + त्रितय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (त्रितयं सहस्राणाम् = three thousands)

• बकः: the crane
• बकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speakers

• The Birds (Dharmapakṣīs) narrating (addressing a brāhman within the frame)

Verse Rasa

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

Key Themes

• Purāṇic cosmological scale
• Mythic species and measures
• Magnitude as narrative emphasis
• Frame-story instruction

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The exaggerated measures amplify the seriousness of the sages’ conflict: when spiritual power is misdirected, its effects become ‘vast’ and world-affecting. The scale functions as a warning about the reach of vāk and tapas.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Not strict Sarga, but it borrows cosmological idiom (yojana-measure) within Ānucarita narration—Purāṇic style often blends moral tale with cosmic scale.

What is the esoteric significance?

Immense ‘height’ can symbolize inflated ego and magnified rivalry. The story suggests that when conflict is fed by pride, it grows beyond human proportion, dominating the inner and outer landscape.