Shloka 73

Adhyaya 23 — Ashvatara’s Vow for Madalasa and the Bestowal of Musical Science by Sarasvati

Sanskrit

जज्ञे निश्वसतः सद्यस्तद्रूपा मध्यमात् फणात् ।

न चापि कथयामास कंस्यचित् स भुजङ्गमः ॥

Transliteration

jajñe niśvasataḥ sadyas tadrūpā madhyamāt phaṇāt |

na cāpi kathayāmāsa kaṃsyacit sa bhujaṅgamaḥ ||

Translation

Nang siya’y huminga palabas, agad na may isinilang na isang nilalang na may gayon ding anyo mula sa gitnang talukbong (hood) ng ahas. At ang ahas ay hindi nagsabi nito kaninuman.

Word by Word

• जज्ञे: was born/arose
• जज्ञे: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• निश्वसतः: of (him) exhaling
• निश्वसतः: Apadana/Hetu (अपादान/हेतु)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-श्वस् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present participle) षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक-सम्भव; 'of (him) breathing out'

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• तद्-रूपा: of that form/like him
• तद्-रूपा: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तस्य रूपम्); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मध्यमात्: from the middle
• मध्यमात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मध्यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (ablative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• फणात्: from the hood (of a serpent)
• फणात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle)

• कथयामास: told/related
• कथयामास: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (periphrastic perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कंस्यचित्: to anyone
• कंस्यचित्: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (dative), एकवचन; अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम (to anyone)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• भुजङ्गमः: the serpent
• भुजङ्गमः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुजङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speakers

• Narrative voice within Markandeya Purana (frame-speaker not identifiable from excerpt alone)

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "adbhuta", "secondaryRasa": "rahasya (mystery)", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes

• Miraculous generation
• Secrecy and concealment
• Nāga symbolism

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Secrecy here functions as a narrative engine: extraordinary power/events are kept hidden, implying that disclosure is not always dharmically prudent when it risks disorder or harm.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

This is not a doctrinal pancalakṣaṇa segment; it is carita (narrative episode) that may sit within a broader genealogical or moral arc.

What is the esoteric significance?

Birth from ‘breath’ and ‘hood’ evokes prāṇa and nāga imagery: prāṇic impulse (niśvāsa) producing form, and the phaṇa (raised hood) as an emblem of awakened potency and protection.