Shloka 17

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

Sanskrit

क्षामक्षामस्वरः किञ्चित्कल्पिताधरपल्लवः । त्वयावहसितो यस्मादनार्ये दुष्टतापसि ॥

Transliteration

kṣāmakṣāmasvaraḥ kiñcit kalpitādharapallavaḥ / tvayāvahasito yasmād anārye duṣṭatāpasi

Translation

‘کمزوری سے جس کی آواز مدھم ہے اور جس کے ہونٹ بمشکل بنے ہیں، ایسے مجھے تو نے تمسخر کا نشانہ بنایا؛ اے کمینہ، بدکردار، تپسوی کی توہین کرنے والے!’ یوں اس رِشی نے کہا۔

Word by Word

• क्षामक्षामस्वरः: with a very feeble voice
• क्षामक्षामस्वरः: Visheshana (विशेषण/attribute)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षाम + क्षाम + स्वर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (पुनरुक्त-विशेषण) ‘अत्यन्त-क्षामः स्वरः यस्य’

• किञ्चित्: slightly
• किञ्चित्: Prakāra (प्रकार/manner adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किञ्चित् (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: परिमाणवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘a little/somewhat’)

• कल्पिताधरपल्लवः: whose lips were (as if) delicately formed like sprouts
• कल्पिताधरपल्लवः: Visheshana (विशेषण/attribute)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कल्पित + अधर + पल्लव (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘कल्पितः अधरपल्लवः यस्य’ (lips as if fashioned like tender leaves)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karta (कर्ता/agent in passive participle)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अवहसितः: mocked
• अवहसितः: Kriyā (क्रिया/predication)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + √हस् (धातु) + क्त (अवहसित)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि—‘was mocked’

• यस्मात्: because
• यस्मात्: Hetu (हेतु/cause)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (ablatival relative: ‘because/from which reason’)

• अनार्ये: O ignoble woman
• अनार्ये: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• दुष्टतापसि: O wicked female ascetic
• दुष्टतापसि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्ट + तापसि (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘दुष्टा तापसी’

Speakers

• The sage (speaker) addressing the maiden

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Condemnation of disrespect
• Speech as karmic trigger
• Ascetic authority

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

‘Ārya’ here signals cultured restraint and reverence. The verse teaches that refinement is measured by how one treats the vulnerable-looking—especially those engaged in tapas.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Didactic ākhāna: illustrates dharma via transgression (mockery) and its immediate repercussion (curse).

What is the esoteric significance?

The sage’s ‘faint voice’ contrasts with the force of his words: mantra-like speech can carry power independent of bodily strength, highlighting vāg-śakti (potency of utterance).