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Shloka 6

Adhyaya 77Sanjna’s Withdrawal from Surya: The Birth of Yama and Yamuna, and the Emergence of Chhaya

यस्माद्विलोलिता दृष्टिर्मयि दृष्टे त्वयाधुना ।

तस्माद्विलोलां तनयां नदीं त्वं प्रसविष्यसि ॥

yasmādvilolitā dṛṣṭirmayi dṛṣṭe tvayādhunā / tasmādvilolāṃ tanayāṃ nadīṃ tvaṃ prasaviṣyasi

Vì nay ánh nhìn của nàng đã trở nên dao động khi nhìn ta, nên nàng sẽ sinh ra một người con gái dao động—một dòng sông.

yasmātbecause
yasmāt:
Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormRelative pronoun (यत्), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन), Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुं)
vilolitāunsteady, rolling
vilolitā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvi-lul (धातु) + kta (क्त) / vilolita (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPast participial adjective (क्तान्त), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with 'dṛṣṭiḥ'
dṛṣṭiḥthe gaze
dṛṣṭiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdṛṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
mayiin me
mayi:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), 1st person; Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
dṛṣṭewhen (I am) seen
dṛṣṭe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdṛś (धातु) + kta (क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग) in locative absolute sense with 'mayi'
tvayāby you
tvayā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyuṣmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), 2nd person; Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
adhunānow
adhunā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootadhunā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण)
tasmāttherefore
tasmāt:
Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormDemonstrative pronoun (तद्), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन), Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुं)
vilolāmrestless, wavering
vilolām:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvilolā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with 'nadīm'
tanayāma daughter
tanayām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottanayā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); in apposition to 'nadīm'
nadīma river
nadīm:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootnadī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
tvamyou
tvam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyuṣmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), 2nd person; Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
prasaviṣyasiyou will give birth to
prasaviṣyasi:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-sū (धातु)
FormFuture (लृट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
Sūrya (Ravi) addressing Saṃjñā (within Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration)

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

Sūrya (Ravi)Yamunā (as future river)Saṃjñā
Sacred geography (river origin)Name/quality etymologyTejas and human limitationMythic causality

FAQs

The text links psychological states with cosmic manifestations: instability (vilolatā) is not merely personal but becomes a generative pattern producing a ‘river’ nature—moving, winding, and powerful.

Vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita plus a tīrtha/geographical etiology embedded within lineage narrative (a common Purāṇic method).

A river as ‘daughter’ externalizes the flow of prāṇa/mind: when steadiness fails before tejas, the resulting energy takes a flowing form—capable of purification yet inherently mobile.