Shloka 53

Adhyaya 50 — Mind-Born Progeny, Svayambhuva Manu’s Lineage, and Brahmā’s Ordinance to Duḥsaha (Alakṣmī’s Retinue)

Sanskrit

ततः सर्वं तव कालांश्च ददामि तव सिद्धये ।

गुर्विण्यभिगमे सन्ध्यानित्यकार्यव्यतिक्रमे ॥

Transliteration

tataḥ sarvaṃ tava kālāṃś ca dadāmi tava siddhaye |

gurviṇy-abhigame sandhyā-nitya-kārya-vyatikrame ||

Translation

فلذلك أهبُ لك كلَّ ذلك—بل وأجزاءً من الزمان—لتمام إنجازك: عند الاقتراب من امرأةٍ حامل، وعند انتهاك صلوات الشفق (السندهيا) والواجبات اليومية المفروضة.

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter/then
• ततः: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb)

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (singular)

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन (singular)

• कालान्: times/occasions
• कालान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative), बहुवचन (plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ददामि: I give
• ददामि: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (दा धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• तव: for you/your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन (singular)

• सिद्धये: for accomplishment/success
• सिद्धये: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन (singular)

• गुर्विणि: in/at a pregnant woman
• गुर्विणि: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gurviṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (singular)

• अभिगमे: in the act of approaching/visiting
• अभिगमे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: abhigama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (singular)

• सन्ध्या: twilight-prayer (sandhyā)
• सन्ध्या: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sandhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), (समासपूर्वपद-रूपेण) प्रातिपदिकम्

• नित्य: daily/regular
• नित्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (समासपूर्वपद-रूपेण) विशेषण-प्रातिपदिकम्

• कार्य: duty/required act
• कार्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (समासपूर्वपद-रूपेण) नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिकम्

• व्यतिक्रमे: in the transgression/omission (of sandhyā and daily duties)
• व्यतिक्रमे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyatikrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (singular); समासः: सन्ध्या-नित्य-कार्य-व्यतिक्रम (तत्पुरुष; ‘सन्ध्यादीनां नित्यकार्याणां व्यतिक्रमः’)

Speakers

• Unspecified narrator addressing a Yakṣa

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Nitya-karma
• Sandhyā-vandana
• Sexual ethics
• Ritual omission as spiritual vulnerability

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Omitting nitya-karmas and violating sexual restraint are treated as concrete ethical breaches that empower disruptive influences; daily discipline is portrayed as protective dharma.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Ācāra/dharma instruction; not a pancalakṣaṇa cosmological or dynastic passage.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Portions of time’ implies that negligence creates temporal openings—gaps in one’s protective order—through which obstructive entities gain efficacy.