Shloka 30

Adhyaya 62 — The Fire-God Enters the Brahmin Youth; Varuthini’s Love-Sickness and Kali’s Disguise

Sanskrit

कालिरुवाच

नाद्य संभोगसमये द्रष्टव्योऽहं त्वया वने ।

निमीलिताक्ष्याः संसर्गस्तव सुभ्रु मया सह ॥

Transliteration

kalir uvāca nādya saṃbhoga-samaye draṣṭavyo 'haṃ tvayā vane / nimīlitākṣyāḥ saṃsargas tava subhru mayā saha

Translation

کالی نے کہا—آج جنگل میں وصال کے وقت تم مجھے نہ دیکھو۔ اے خوش ابرو، آنکھیں بند کر کے میرے ساتھ مباشرت کرو۔

Word by Word

• कालिः: Kālī
• कालिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

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

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• संभोग-समये: at the time of union
• संभोग-समये: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संभोग (प्रातिपदिक) + समय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (संभोगस्य समयः)

• द्रष्टव्यः: to be seen / should be seen
• द्रष्टव्यः: Kriyā (क्रिया/obligation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्यय (तव्यत्), कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (agreeing with अहम्)

• अहम्: me
• अहम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• वने: in the forest
• वने: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• निमीलित-अक्ष्याः: of (you) with closed eyes
• निमीलित-अक्ष्याः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निमीलित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + अक्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (निमीलिते अक्षिणी यस्याः)

• संसर्गः: contact/union
• संसर्गः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• सुभ्रु: O fair-browed one
• सुभ्रु: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुभ्रू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• मया: with me / by me
• मया: Sahakāraka (सह/साकं)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन

• सह: with
• सह: Sahakāraka (सहकारक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अव्यय (preposition-like indeclinable meaning 'with')

Speakers

• Kali (male figure) addressing Varūthinī (female figure) within Markandeya’s narration

Key Themes

• Manvantara genealogy
• Desire and concealment
• Conditions in relationships
• Karmic/narrative causality

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse highlights how desire is often bound to conditions and concealment; narrative ethics in Purāṇas frequently show that secrecy or partial knowledge at decisive moments becomes the seed for later consequences (especially in lineage/origin stories).

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Primarily Manvantara (accounts situated within a specific Manu’s era), with an implicit contribution to Vaṃśa/Vaṃśānucarita (genealogical/biographical unfolding through progeny).

What is the esoteric significance?

The ‘closed eyes’ motif can symbolize avidyā (non-seeing) at the moment of attachment—union occurs without full discernment of the partner’s true nature, foreshadowing the later revelation through offspring and destiny.