Shloka 17
Adhyaya 64 — Kalavati (Vibhavari) Offers Herself and the Padmini Vidya to Svarocisha
साहं प्राणप्रदायाद्य तां विद्यां स्वं तथा वपुः ।
प्रयच्छामि प्रतीच्छ त्वं प्रसादसुमुखो मम ॥
sāhaṃ prāṇapradāyādya tāṃ vidyāṃ svaṃ tathā vapuḥ / prayacchāmi pratīccha tvaṃ prasādasumukho mama
Vì thế, hôm nay ta đã ban hơi thở sinh mệnh, nay lại ban vidyā ấy cùng chính thân tướng của ta. Xin Người hãy nhận lấy—và đoái thương đến ta.
FAQs
Boons are not merely transactional: the verse frames giving as self-involvement (vapuḥ) and asks for reciprocal grace—power should be received with responsibility and reverence.
Manvantara narrative material: illustrates how extraordinary capacities (vidyā, prosperity-control) are conferred within a particular time-cycle and its exemplars.
Granting prāṇa and vapuḥ suggests ‘ensoulment’ and ‘embodiment’ of the vidyā—i.e., the power becomes operative only when it takes form within the recipient’s life-force and identity.