Shloka 35

The Horse’s Journey

to Cyavana’s Hermitage

Devanagari script

मामकीयस्य रूपस्य ध्यानेन प्रेमनिर्भरा । सर्वपातकराशिं सा दग्ध्वा प्राप्ता सुरूपताम्

Transliteration

māmakīyasya rūpasya dhyānena premanirbharā | sarvapātakarāśiṃ sā dagdhvā prāptā surūpatām

Translation

她以观想我之形相而满怀爱敬，焚尽一切罪业之聚，遂得殊妙端严。

Word by Word

• मामकीयस्य: of me, my
• मामकीयस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मामकीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6/षष्ठी), एकवचन — ‘of me/mine’; qualifies रूपस्य

• रूपस्य: of (the) form
• रूपस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Genitive singular

• ध्यानेन: by meditation
• ध्यानेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3/तृतीया), एकवचन — Instrumental singular

• प्रेम-निर्भरा: filled with love
• प्रेम-निर्भरा: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रेम (प्रातिपदिक) + निर्भर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/प्रथमा), एकवचन — ‘filled with love’; तत्पुरुषः (प्रेम्णा निर्भरा)

• सर्व-पातक-राशिम्: the mass of all sins
• सर्व-पातक-राशिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक) + राशि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/द्वितीया), एकवचन — ‘heap of all sins’

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular

• दग्ध्वा: having burnt
• दग्ध्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive) — having burnt

• प्राप्ता: attained
• प्राप्ता: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्राप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; प्र-आप् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (PPP) स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘attained’ (predicate)

• सुरूपताम्: beauty, fair form
• सुरूपताम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + रूपता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/द्वितीया), एकवचन — ‘beautifulness/beauty’; तत्पुरुषः (सु-रूपता)

Speaker

Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context needed to confirm the narrator/speaker for Adhyaya 16).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shringara

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: सर्वपातकराशिं → सर्व-पातक-राशिम्; सुरूपताम् → सु-रूपताम् (उपसर्गपूर्वक-समास).

FAQs

What spiritual practice is highlighted in this verse?

Meditation (dhyāna) on the Lord’s form, performed with loving devotion (prema), is presented as a powerful means of inner purification.

What does the verse say about the removal of sins?

It states that the “mass of all sins” (sarva-pātaka-rāśi) is burned away—implying complete moral and spiritual cleansing through devoted contemplation.

What is the ethical or devotional lesson conveyed here?

Sincere, love-filled devotion expressed through steady meditation transforms a person—purifying past wrongdoing and leading to upliftment and excellence (symbolized here as attaining “surūpatā,” a superior beauty).