Shloka 11

Jaratkāru’s Marital Compact and Departure (जरत्कारु–जरत्कारुणी संवादः)

Devanagari script

त॑ दृष्टवा जीवितं वृक्ष काश्यपेन महात्मना । उवाच तक्षको ब्रह्मन्‌ नैतदत्यद्भुतं त्वयि

Transliteration

taṁ dṛṣṭvā jīvitaṁ vṛkṣaṁ kāśyapena mahātmanā | uvāca takṣako brahman naitad atyadbhutaṁ tvayi ||

Translation

见大心的迦叶波使树复生，达叉迦说道：“婆罗门啊，在你身上，此事毫不足奇。”

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• जीवितम्: life; living state
• जीवितम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वृक्षम्: tree
• वृक्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• काश्यपेन: by Kāśyapa
• काश्यपेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काश्यप
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• महात्मना: by the great-souled one
• महात्मना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तक्षकः: Takṣaka
• तक्षकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तक्षक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्मन्: O brahmin
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अति: excessively; very
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति

• अद्भुतम्: wonderful; astonishing
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• त्वयि: in you; with respect to you
• त्वयि: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine/Feminine (2nd person pronoun), Locative, Singular

Speaker

काश्यप उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kāśyapa
• Takṣaka
• vṛkṣa (tree)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Extraordinary outcomes are presented as natural consequences of genuine spiritual discipline and mantra-knowledge; true power is recognized without envy, and reverence is shown to realized authority.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kāśyapa revives a tree, demonstrating his mantra-power; witnessing this, Takṣaka addresses him respectfully and remarks that such a feat is unsurprising for a Brahmin of Kāśyapa’s stature.