Shloka 9

Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata

Sanskrit

संसारादित्यतापार्तिविप्लुष्यद्देहमांससम् ।

ब्रह्मज्ञानाम्बुशीतॆन सिञ्च मां वाक्यवारिणा ॥

Transliteration

saṃsārāditya-tāpārti-vipluṣyad-deha-mānasam |

brahma-jñānāmbu-śītena siñca māṃ vākya-vāriṇā ||

Translation

Thân và tâm con bị thiêu đốt, như đang rỉ chảy và hao mòn, bởi sức nóng hành hạ của mặt trời luân hồi. Xin rưới lên con làn nước mát của tri kiến Brahman—bằng cơn mưa lời dạy của Ngài.

Word by Word

• saṃsāra-āditya-tāpa-ārti-vipluṣyat-deha-mānasam: (me) whose body and mind are scorched by the heat-distress of the sun of worldly existence
• saṃsāra-āditya-tāpa-ārti-vipluṣyat-deha-mānasam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃsāra (प्रातिपदिक) + āditya (प्रातिपदिक) + tāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + ārti (प्रातिपदिक) + vipluṣyat (कृदन्त; √pluṣ/√pluṣ? ‘to burn/scorch’, शतृ) + deha (प्रातिपदिक) + mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; long determinative compound qualifying ‘mām’: “(me) whose body and mind are being scorched by the distress of the heat of the sun of saṃsāra”; vipluṣyat = present active participle (शतृ) used adjectivally inside compound

• brahma-jñāna-ambu-śītena: with the cool water of knowledge of Brahman
• brahma-jñāna-ambu-śītena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + jñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + ambu (प्रातिपदिक) + śīta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; तत्पुरुष: “with the cool water of Brahma-knowledge”

• siñca: sprinkle/refresh
• siñca: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sic (सिच्, धातु)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), Parasmaipada, 2nd person (मध्यम-पुरुष), Singular

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; pronoun

• vākya-vāriṇā: with word-water (with your speech as water)
• vākya-vāriṇā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक) + vāri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; तत्पुरुष: “with the water in the form of words / word-water”

Speakers

• Father addressing son

Verse Rasa

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

Key Themes

• Brahma-jñāna
• Saṃsāra-duḥkha
• Teaching as compassion
• Liberating instruction

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Knowledge is presented as a direct remedy for existential suffering; the ethical impulse is compassion through instruction—speech used as a salvific instrument.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Didactic/soteriological content (mokṣa-upadeśa), not pañcalakṣaṇa narration.

What is the esoteric significance?

The ‘sun of saṃsāra’ symbolizes the relentless exposure of consciousness to desire and fear; ‘cool water’ is the settling clarity of non-dual insight that ends burning reactivity.