Shloka 38

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

Sanskrit

मृगत्वे च महाबाहुस्तव गर्भमुपैष्यति ।

लोलो नाम मुनेः पुत्रः सिद्धवीर्यस्य भामिनि ॥

Transliteration

mṛgatve ca mahābāhus tava garbham upaiṣyati / lolo nāma muneḥ putraḥ siddhavīryasya bhāmini //

Translation

اور جب تم ہرنی کی حالت میں ہوگی تو ایک قوی بازو والا تمہارے رحم کے قریب آئے گا۔ اے خوبرو، رشی سدھّویریہ کے بیٹے کا نام ‘لولو’ ہوگا۔

Word by Word

• मृगत्वे: in (your) deerhood
• मृगत्वे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/State)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृगत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; भाववाचक-तद्धित (state of being a deer)

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• महाबाहुः: the mighty-armed (one)
• महाबाहुः: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाबाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; कर्मधारय—‘महान् बाहुः यस्य’ (one with mighty arms)

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

• गर्भम्: womb
• गर्भम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग

• उपैष्यति: will approach / will enter
• उपैष्यति: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-√इ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष-एकवचन, परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: उप-

• लोलः: Lola
• लोलः: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; व्यक्तिनाम (proper name)

• नाम: named
• नाम: सम्बन्ध (Appositive marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नामनिर्देशक-अव्यय (particle indicating name)

• मुनेः: of the sage
• मुनेः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: कर्तृ-समानााधिकरण (Apposition to subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग

• सिद्धवीर्यस्य: of Siddhavīrya
• सिद्धवीर्यस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धवीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; कर्मधारय—‘सिद्धं वीर्यं यस्य’ (of accomplished potency)

• भामिनि: O lovely/bright one
• भामिनि: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भामिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन-एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग

Speakers

• The muni’s prophecy to the woman

Verse Rasa

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

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Karma across forms
• Prophecy and lineage
• Birth narrative (genealogical note)

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The narrative links embodiment, sexuality, and lineage under karmic governance: even in an animal state, past causes can unfold into specific relational outcomes (a child with a foretold identity).

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Touches vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita insofar as it names a figure (Lolo) and connects him to Siddhavīrya, but remains primarily episode-level narrative rather than a full genealogy.

What is the esoteric significance?

Conception ‘in mṛgatva’ symbolizes how latent tendencies (vāsanā) can ‘seed’ new outcomes even when consciousness is constricted; naming the child indicates the crystallization of karma into a definite form.