Shloka 12

Adhyaya 74 — King Svarashtra, the Deer-Queen’s Curse, and the Rise of Tamasa Manu

Sanskrit

तेन प्लवेन स ययावूध्यमानो महीतले ।

इतश्चेतश्चान्धकारे आससाद तटं ततः ॥

Transliteration

tena plavena sa yayāv ūhyamāno mahītale | itaś cetaś cāndhakāre āsasāda taṭaṃ tataḥ ||

Translation

اسے گویا تیرنے کے سہارے کے طور پر استعمال کر کے وہ بہتا چلا گیا۔ تاریکی میں اِدھر اُدھر پٹخایا جاتا ہوا آخرکار وہ کنارے تک پہنچ گیا۔

Word by Word

• tena: by that
• tena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• plavena: by the float/raft
• plavena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: plava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; ‘plava’ = float/raft (here: the fish as a float)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• yayau: went
• yayau: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• ūhyamānaḥ: being borne along
• ūhyamānaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vah (धातु) (उह्यते/वह्यते भाव) + यमान (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (शानच्; वर्तमान कर्मणि-भाव); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘ऊह्यमानः’ = being carried/borne along

• mahī-tale: on the earth’s surface
• mahī-tale: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahī (प्रातिपदिक) + tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (मह्याः तलम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• itaḥ: from here/this way
• itaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: itas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• tataḥ: from there/that way
• tataḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• andhakāre: in darkness
• andhakāre: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: andhakāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• āsasāda: reached/came to
• āsasāda: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√sad (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• taṭam: the bank
• taṭam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: taṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• tataḥ: then/thereupon
• tataḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

Speakers

• Narrative voice (within Mārkaṇḍeya’s account)

Verse Rasa

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

Key Themes

• Crossing danger
• Darkness/uncertainty
• Provisional refuge

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Even imperfect supports can carry one through immediate peril; yet ‘darkness’ signals that mere survival does not equal clarity or right direction.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Narrative episode; not a direct sarga/manvantara passage.

What is the esoteric significance?

Darkness indicates avidyā; being carried ‘here and there’ reflects the vikṣepa (restlessness) of mind until it finds a temporary shore.