Shloka 65

Origins of the Maruts — Across the Manvantaras

Devanagari script

तस्यां पितृगृहे ब्रह्मन् वसन्त्यां स पिता मृतः सापि दुःखपरीताङ्गीं स्वां तनुं त्यक्तुमुद्यता

Transliteration

tasyāṃ pitṛgṛhe brahman vasantyāṃ sa pitā mṛtaḥ sāpi duḥkhaparītāṅgīṃ svāṃ tanuṃ tyaktumudyatā

Translation

While she was living in her father’s house, O Brāhmaṇa, her father died; and she too—her body overwhelmed by grief—became intent on abandoning her own body (ending her life).

Speakers

• Not specified in the provided excerpt (narrative voice addressing a ‘brahman’ interlocutor).

Key Themes

• Grief and impermanence (anityatā)
• Ethical tension around self-willed death
• Family duty and vulnerability of dependents

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

Does ‘tanuṃ tyaktum’ necessarily mean suicide?

In Purāṇic usage it often denotes self-willed death (including suicide), though context can also shade it toward ‘giving up life’ through extreme fasting or despair; the next verse’s intervention by sages suggests an act needing restraint.

Why is the interlocutor addressed as ‘brahman’ in a narrative line?

Purāṇas frequently preserve an oral-dialogic frame; even within a story, the narrator may address the listening sage (or a Brāhmaṇa audience) to maintain the recitational setting.

Is there any geographical/tirtha cue here?

No named sacred geography appears in this śloka; it functions as a narrative hinge motivating the sages’ response in the following verse.