Shloka 108
The Greatness of the Ancestors: Ekoddiṣṭa Śrāddha, Āśauca Rules, and Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa
न चान्यत्कारणं किंचिद्धास्यहेतुः शुचिस्मिते । न सामन्यततं देवी प्राहालीकमिदं तव
na cānyatkāraṇaṃ kiṃciddhāsyahetuḥ śucismite | na sāmanyatataṃ devī prāhālīkamidaṃ tava
اے پاکیزہ تبسم والی! اس ہنسی کا کوئی اور سبب ہرگز نہیں۔ اے دیوی! یہ کوئی معمولی بات نہیں؛ یہ تم سے متعلق ایک نہایت عجیب و شگفتہ امر ہے۔
Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context needed from surrounding verses to identify the dialogue pair).
Concept: Not all phenomena are ordinary; some events signal a deeper, non-human (daivika) dimension requiring humility and discernment.
Application: When something extraordinary occurs, pause, listen, and seek context rather than reacting with contempt.
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: city
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Sandhi Resolution Notes: च + अन्यत् = चान्यत्; किंचिद् = किम् + चित्; हास्यहेतुः = हास्य-हेतुः (समास); शुचिस्मिते = शुचि-स्मिते (समास); प्राहालीकमिदं = प्राह + अलीकम् + इदम्
FAQs
The verse addresses a feminine figure—likely the Goddess (devī)—praised as “śucismite,” ‘she whose smile is pure/bright.’ The exact identity (e.g., Pārvatī or another devī) requires the surrounding chapter context.
Ālīka can mean ‘false/untrue,’ but in many narrative contexts it conveys ‘astonishing’ or ‘hard to believe.’ Here, paired with “na sāmānya-” (‘not ordinary’), it reads naturally as ‘extraordinary/astonishing’ rather than a direct accusation of falsehood.
It frames laughter as arising from a specific, meaningful cause—not from contempt—while emphasizing that the subject at hand is extraordinary. The tone encourages careful attention to unusual events and respectful address to the divine feminine.