Shloka 40

Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship

Sanskrit

सोऽप्यानन्दस्तपस्तेपे बाल एव महावने ।

कर्मणां क्षुपणार्थाय विमुक्तेः परिपन्थिनाम् ॥

Transliteration

so 'pyānandastapastepe bāla eva mahāvane / karmaṇāṃ kṣupaṇārthāya vimukteḥ paripanthinām

Translation

وہ آنند بھی، ابھی لڑکا ہی تھا، بڑے جنگل میں موکش کے راستے میں رکاوٹ بننے والے کرموں کے زوال کے لیے تپسیا کرنے لگا۔

Word by Word

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात) meaning 'also/even'

• ānandaḥ: Ānanda
• ānandaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ānanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; used as proper name/epithet

• tapaḥ: austerity
• tapaḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular

• tepe: performed (did penance)
• tepe: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tap (तप् धातु)
• Form: Liṭ (लिट्) Perfect, Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), Prathama-puruṣa 3rd person, Singular

• bālaḥ: a boy
• bālaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (निपात)

• mahāvane: in the great forest
• mahāvane: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-vana (प्रातिपदिक; components: mahā + vana)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular

• karmaṇām: of actions (karmas)
• karmaṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Plural (बहुवचन)

• kṣapaṇa-arthāya: for the purpose of destruction (of karmas)
• kṣapaṇa-arthāya: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/उद्देश्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣapaṇa-artha (प्रातिपदिक; components: kṣapaṇa + artha)
• Form: Masculine, Dative (चतुर्थी/4), Singular; purpose dative

• vimukteḥ: of liberation
• vimukteḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vimukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular

• paripanthinām: of the obstructers/opponents
• paripanthinām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paripanthin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Plural

Speakers

• Mārkaṇḍeya narrating

Verse Rasa

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

Key Themes

• Tapas and purification
• Karma-kṣaya (attenuation of karmic obstacles)
• Mokṣa orientation

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Austerity is presented as a disciplined means to reduce karmic impediments to freedom. The emphasis on ‘even as a boy’ underscores that sincere spiritual striving is not bound to age or status.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ascetic-dharma teaching within narrative; not a pañcalakṣaṇa cosmological/genealogical unit.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Forest’ signifies withdrawal from sense-fields; ‘karmas as paripanthins’ frames liberation as a path where latent impressions must be burned by tapas (inner heat).