Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda, Shloka 19
The Glory of the Mother-and-Father Tīrtha
Within the Vena Episode
मामेवं भाषते विप्र वश्यावश्यत्वकारणम् । प्रत्ययार्थं समाहूता अस्यैव च महात्मनः
māmevaṃ bhāṣate vipra vaśyāvaśyatvakāraṇam | pratyayārthaṃ samāhūtā asyaiva ca mahātmanaḥ
اے برہمن، جب میں یوں تابع ہونے یا نہ ہونے کے سبب پر گفتگو کر رہا تھا، تو اسی مہاتما نے تصدیق کے لیے مجھے بلایا۔
Unclear from the single verse (context needed from surrounding verses)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: मामेवं→माम्+एवम्; वश्यावश्यत्वकारणम्→वश्य+अवश्य+त्व+कारणम्; प्रत्ययार्थं→प्रत्ययार्थम्; अस्यैव→अस्य+एव; समाहूता (पाठभेद) here taken as समाहूताः (plural) by context.
FAQs
It states that the speaker, while explaining the cause of being ‘amenable’ or ‘unamenable’ (vaśya/avaśya), is summoned by a great person to verify or confirm the truth of the matter.
Pratyayārtham means “for confirmation/assurance,” indicating that the summoning is meant to establish certainty about what was being discussed.
This cannot be identified reliably from the single verse alone; the surrounding narrative (earlier/later shlokas in Adhyaya 62) is needed to name the dialogue participants.