Shloka 65

Origins of the Maruts — Origins of the Maruts Across the Manvantaras (Pulastya–Narada Dialogue)

Devanagari script

तस्यां पितृगृहे ब्रह्मन् वसन्त्यां स पिता मृतः सापि दुःखपरीताङ्गीं स्वां तनुं त्यक्तुमुद्यता

Transliteration

tasyāṃ pitṛgṛhe brahman vasantyāṃ sa pitā mṛtaḥ sāpi duḥkhaparītāṅgīṃ svāṃ tanuṃ tyaktumudyatā

Translation

اے برہمن! جب وہ اپنے باپ کے گھر میں رہ رہی تھی تو اس کا باپ مر گیا؛ اور وہ بھی غم سے گھری ہوئی اپنے جسم کو ترک کرنے پر آمادہ ہو گئی۔

Speakers

• Not specified in the provided excerpt (narrative voice addressing a ‘brahman’ interlocutor).

Key Themes

• Grief and impermanence (anityatā)
• Ethical tension around self-willed death
• Family duty and vulnerability of dependents

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

Does ‘tanuṃ tyaktum’ necessarily mean suicide?

In Purāṇic usage it often denotes self-willed death (including suicide), though context can also shade it toward ‘giving up life’ through extreme fasting or despair; the next verse’s intervention by sages suggests an act needing restraint.

Why is the interlocutor addressed as ‘brahman’ in a narrative line?

Purāṇas frequently preserve an oral-dialogic frame; even within a story, the narrator may address the listening sage (or a Brāhmaṇa audience) to maintain the recitational setting.

Is there any geographical/tirtha cue here?

No named sacred geography appears in this śloka; it functions as a narrative hinge motivating the sages’ response in the following verse.