Shloka 98

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

Sanskrit

चारुकुण्डलहाराभिस्ताराभिर्गगनं यथा ।

गीतशब्दैस्तथान्यत्र वीणावेणुस्वनानुगैः ॥

Transliteration

cārukuṇḍalahārābhis tārābhir gaganaṃ yathā | gītaśabdais tathānyatra vīṇāveṇusvanānugaiḥ ||

Translation

خوبصورت کُنڈلوں اور ہاروں سے وہ ستاروں بھرے آسمان کی مانند دکھائی دیتا تھا؛ اور دوسری جگہ وینا اور بانسری کی آوازوں کے ساتھ گیتوں کی گونج سنائی دیتی تھی۔

Word by Word

• चारु: beautiful
• चारु: विशेषण (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चारु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक; समासे पूर्वपद-विशेषण — adjectival first member in compound

• कुण्डल: earring
• कुण्डल: समासाङ्ग (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; समासे पूर्वपद — first member in compound

• हाराभिः: by/with garlands/necklaces
• हाराभिः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• चारुकुण्डलहाराभिः: with beautiful earrings and necklaces
• चारुकुण्डलहाराभिः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चारु + कुण्डल + हार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समाहार-द्वन्द्व (earrings and necklaces as a set), तृतीया, बहुवचन — Instrumental Plural; (surface form already fused)

• ताराभिः: with stars
• ताराभिः: उपमान-करण (Instrument in simile)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तारा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• गगनम्: the sky
• गगनम्: उपमेय (Standard of comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गगन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom/Acc Singular

• यथा: as/like
• यथा: उपमा-सूचक (Simile marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उपमावाचक — comparative particle ‘as/like’

• गीत: song/sung
• गीत: समासाङ्ग (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीत (प्रातिपदिक; √गै/गाय् + क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक (past participle used nominally), नपुंसकलिङ्ग; समासे पूर्वपद

• शब्दैः: with sounds
• शब्दैः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• गीतशब्दैः: with sounds of songs
• गीतशब्दैः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीत + शब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-भावे तत्पुरुष (गीतानां शब्दाः / गीत-शब्दाः), तृतीया, बहुवचन — Instrumental Plural

• तथा: so/likewise
• तथा: सम्बन्ध/रीति (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण — adverb

• अन्यत्र: elsewhere
• अन्यत्र: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक — adverb ‘elsewhere/in another place’

• वीणा: vīṇā (lute)
• वीणा: समासाङ्ग (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; समासे पूर्वपद

• वेणु: flute
• वेणु: समासाङ्ग (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेणु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासे पूर्वपद

• स्वन: sound
• स्वन: समासाङ्ग (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासे मध्यपद

• अनुगैः: accompanied by
• अनुगैः: विशेषण (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Plural; ‘following/accompanying’

• वीणावेणुस्वनानुगैः: with (things/people) accompanied by vīṇā- and flute-sounds
• वीणावेणुस्वनानुगैः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीणा + वेणु + स्वन + अनुग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (वीणावेणोः स्वनम् अनुगाः—accompanied by the sounds of vīṇā and flute), तृतीया, बहुवचन — Instrumental Plural

Speakers

• Narrator voice (frame-speaker not identifiable from verses alone)

Verse Rasa

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

Key Themes

• Aesthetic splendor
• Music and ornamentation
• Heaven-like imagery

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Refinement (kalā) and harmony (saṅgīta) are portrayed as marks of a prosperous, dharmically ordered realm; beauty is not opposed to virtue in purāṇic imagination.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Varṇana within Ākhyāna. No direct cosmological creation/re-creation or manvantara chronology is stated.

What is the esoteric significance?

Stars/ornaments and music can symbolize nāḍī-vibration and inner luminosity: when the ‘subterranean’ energies are harmonized, they manifest as beauty and sound.