Shloka 15

Adhyaya 63 — The Birth of Svarocis and the Rescue of Manoramā: The Astra-Heart and the Healing of Curses

Sanskrit

ताभ्यां सह मया यातं कैलासतटमुत्तमम् । तत्र दृष्टो मुनिः कश्चित्तपसातिकृशाकृतिः ॥

Transliteration

tābhyāṃ saha mayā yātaṃ kailāsataṭam uttamam / tatra dṛṣṭo muniḥ kaścit tapasātikṛśākṛtiḥ

Translation

ان دونوں کے ساتھ میں کیلاش کے بہترین علاقے میں گیا۔ وہاں ہم نے ایک رِشی کو دیکھا جس کا جسم تپسیا سے نہایت دبلا ہو چکا تھا۔

Word by Word

• ताभ्याम्: with those two (women)
• ताभ्याम्: Sahakāraka/Instrument (सहकारक/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), द्विवचन; सर्वनाम

• सह: together with
• सह: Saha (सह/association marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अव्यय (postposition; ‘with’)

• मया: by me / with me
• मया: Karta (कर्ता/agent in passive-style expression)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• यातम्: went / was gone
• यातम्: Kriyā (क्रिया/predication)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु) + क्त (यात)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोगः—‘(it was) gone/went’

• कैलासतटम्: the slope/bank of Kailāsa
• कैलासतटम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास + तट (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘कैलासस्य तटम्’)

• उत्तमम्: excellent
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/attribute)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘कैलासतटम्’)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• दृष्टः: was seen
• दृष्टः: Kriyā (क्रिया/predication)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु) + क्त (दृष्ट)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि—‘was seen’

• मुनिः: a sage
• मुनिः: Karma (कर्म/Object of seeing)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कश्चित्: some
• कश्चित्: Visheshana (विशेषण/indefinite qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कश्चित् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक-सर्वनाम (indefinite pronoun)

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Hetu/Instrument (हेतु/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अतिकृशाकृतिः: having an extremely emaciated form
• अतिकृशाकृतिः: Visheshana (विशेषण/attribute)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति + कृश + आकृति (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (‘अत्यन्तं कृशा आकृतिः यस्य’)

Speakers

• Maiden (Manoramā)

Verse Rasa

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

Primary Deities

• Shiva (implied by Kailāsa as his abode, though not explicitly named here)

Key Themes

• Kailāsa setting
• Tapas (austerity)
• Encounter with ascetic power

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Tapas is presented as a real potency; the ascetic’s frailty is not weakness but the visible mark of concentrated spiritual power—warranting reverence and restraint.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ākhyāna episode; not directly sarga/pratisarga/manvantara, but typical puranic moral narration about the force of tapas and consequences.

What is the esoteric significance?

Kailāsa functions as a ‘high-frequency’ sacred space: ordinary social behavior is tested there. The emaciated body signifies ego-thinning; disrespect toward such a state invites karmic recoil.