Shloka 63

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

Sanskrit

यः संस्कृताशी विधिवच्छुचिरन्तस्तथा बहिः ।

अलोलुपो जितस्त्रीकस्तद्गेहमपवर्जय ॥

Transliteration

yaḥ saṃskṛtāśī vidhivac chucir antaḥ tathā bahiḥ | alolupo jitastrīkas tad geham apavarjaya ||

Translation

اجتنب ذلك البيت الذي يأكل فيه رجل طعامًا مُقدَّسًا مُطهَّرًا على وفق القاعدة، طاهرًا باطنًا وظاهرًا، غيرَ جشِع، وقد قهر التعلّقَ الشهواني بالنساء.

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• saṃskṛta-āśī: one who eats purified/regulated food
• saṃskṛta-āśī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃskṛta (कृदन्त, √kṛ) + āśin/āśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); compound qualifying yaḥ

• vidhivat: according to prescribed rule
• vidhivat: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vidhi-vat (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) meaning 'according to rule'

• śuciḥ: pure
• śuciḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuci (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• antaḥ: within, inwardly
• antaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: antaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• tathā: and likewise
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), particle/adverb

• bahiḥ: outside, outwardly
• bahiḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bahiḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• alolupaḥ: not greedy
• alolupaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-lolupa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); nañ-pratyaya (नञ्) negation

• jita-strīkaḥ: one who has subdued lust/women
• jita-strīkaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jita (कृदन्त, √ji) + strīka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa: 'one who has conquered women/sexual desire'

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); used as determiner

• geham: house
• geham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: geha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• apavarjaya: avoid, shun
• apavarjaya: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: apa-√vṛj (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ-lakāra (लोट्, imperative), Madhyama-puruṣa (मध्यम/2nd person), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

Speakers

• Unspecified in input; direct injunction to a Yakṣa

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Purity (śauca)
• Self-control
• Ethics of the home
• Protection through virtue

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

A morally ordered household—clean, disciplined in food, and restrained—forms a protective sphere. The instruction implies that harmful or opportunistic beings find no ‘access’ where greed and lust are subdued.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Normative household ethics; ancillary to Purāṇic narrative rather than cosmological/genealogical material.

What is the esoteric significance?

Inner/outer purity and regulated intake are markers of stabilized prāṇa; such stability is portrayed as repellent to disruptive subtle influences (here personified as the Yakṣa’s movement/entry).