Shloka 10

Adhyaya 64 — Kalavati (Vibhavari) Offers Herself and the Padmini Vidya to Svarocisha

Sanskrit

ततः कलावतीत्येतन्मम नाम महात्मना । गृहीतायाः कृतं पित्रा गन्धर्वेण शुभानना ॥

Transliteration

tataḥ kalāvatī ity etan mama nāma mahātmanā | gṛhītāyāḥ kṛtaṃ pitrā gandharveṇa śubhānanā ||

Translation

پھر، اے خوب رُو، ایک شریف گندھرو نے مجھے باپ کی طرح قبول کر کے پرورش کی اور میرا نام ‘کلاوتی’ رکھا۔

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• कलावती: Kalāvatī
• कलावती: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalāvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); proper name

• इति: thus/so called
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), quotative particle (उद्धरणसूचक)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); demonstrative pronoun

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); pronoun

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• महात्मना: by the great-souled one
• महात्मना: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• गृहीतायाः: of (her/me) who was taken
• गृहीतायाः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √grah (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त) 'gṛhīta' (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Past passive participle (भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त/क्त), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); 'of (me) who was taken/accepted'

• कृतम्: was done/made
• कृतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त) 'kṛta' (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Past passive participle (भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त/क्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); predicative with implied 'abhavat'

• पित्रा: by (my) father
• पित्रा: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• गन्धर्वेण: by a Gandharva
• गन्धर्वेण: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gandharva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• शुभानना: O fair-faced one
• शुभानना: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śubha-ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन); karmadhāraya 'one whose face is auspicious'

Speakers

• Second maiden speaking

Verse Rasa

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

Key Themes

• Identity (naming)
• Adoption/guardianship
• Supernatural beings (gandharvas)

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Name-giving signifies social recognition and protection; even when biological ties fail, dharma can manifest through alternative guardianship and community order.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Vamśānucarita: identity formation and the transfer of guardianship in a personal lineage narrative.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Kalāvatī’ resonates with lunar ‘kalā’ (digits) and also ‘kalā’ as refined capacities; the name encodes her gradual empowerment and destined attractiveness that will draw conflict.