Shloka 18

Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat

Sanskrit

सम्प्राप्तो हिमवत्पृष्ठं नातिश्रान्ततनुर्द्विज ।

विचचार ततस्तत्र तुहिनाचलभूतले ॥

Transliteration

samprāpto himavatpṛṣṭhaṃ nātiśrāntatanurdvija /

vicacāra tatastatra tuhinācalabhūtale

Translation

Này Bà-la-môn, khi đã đến vùng sườn sau (cao nguyên) của núi Himavat, thân thể ông không quá mỏi mệt, rồi ông thong dong du hành trên mặt đất của ngọn núi tuyết ấy.

Word by Word

• सम्प्राप्तः: having arrived
• सम्प्राप्तः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्राप् (धातु) → सम्प्राप्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), परस्मैपदी-धातु; प्रथमा-एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग (past participle used predicatively)

• हिमवत्-पृष्ठम्: the slope/back of Himavat
• हिमवत्-पृष्ठम्: Karma (कर्म/Object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिमवत् (प्रातिपदिक) + पृष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म) एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (हिमवतः पृष्ठम् = the back/slope of Himavat)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negative particle)

• अति: excessively
• अति: Visheshana (विशेषण/degree modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग/अव्यय (intensifier: excessively)

• श्रान्त-तनुः: whose body was tired
• श्रान्त-तनुः: Karta (कर्ता/qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रान्त (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + तनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहिः (यस्य तनुः श्रान्ता सः); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन

• द्विज: O twice-born (brahmin)
• द्विज: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन) एकवचन

• विचचार: wandered
• विचचार: Kriya (क्रिया/finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-चर् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• ततः: then
• ततः: Desha-Kala (देश-काल/temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: from there/then)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: there)

• तुहिन-अचल-भूतले: on the ground of the snowy mountain
• तुहिन-अचल-भूतले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुहिन (प्रातिपदिक) + अचल (प्रातिपदिक) + भूतल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण) एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषसमासः (तुहिनाचलस्य भूतले)

Speakers

• Narrator (context not provided in excerpt)

Verse Rasa

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

Key Themes

• Pilgrimage/Travel
• Sacred geography
• Wonder (adbhuta) in nature

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse sets a contemplative tone: the seeker moves through sacred geography with steadiness (not exhausted), suggesting disciplined travel and receptivity to dharmic learning through direct experience of tīrtha-like landscapes.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Primarily falls under Vaṃśānucarita/Carita-style narrative material (accounts of persons and their movements), not directly Sarga/Pratisarga/Manvantara/Vaṃśa in this local passage.

What is the esoteric significance?

Himavat often functions as an inner symbol of steadiness and austerity; entering the ‘snow-mountain’ can suggest approaching the cool clarity of sattva where impressions (mala) begin to be washed away in later verses.