Shloka 10

Description of the Worship of the Planets

Devanagari script

चणकद्विदलं चैव पीतवस्त्रं सुवर्णकं । पुष्यरागं तु विप्राय दद्याच्चारिष्टशांतये

Transliteration

caṇakadvidalaṃ caiva pītavastraṃ suvarṇakaṃ | puṣyarāgaṃ tu viprāya dadyāccāriṣṭaśāṃtaye

Translation

অৰিষ্ট-শান্তিৰ বাবে বিপ্ৰক চণক দ্বিদল (ফালি চণা), হালধীয়া বস্ত্ৰ, সোণ আৰু পুষ্যৰাগ (হালধীয়া নীলা) দান দিব লাগে।

Word by Word

• caṇaka-dvidalam: split chickpea (two-halved gram)
• caṇaka-dvidalam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caṇaka (प्रातिपदिक) + dvi (संख्या) + dala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; समास: तत्पुरुष (द्विगु-भावार्थ: ‘two parts of chickpea’)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय)

• eva: indeed/also
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (अवधारण)

• pīta-vastram: a yellow garment
• pīta-vastram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pīta (प्रातिपदिक) + vastra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular; समास: कर्मधारय

• suvarṇakam: gold (a piece of gold)
• suvarṇakam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suvarṇaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• puṣya-rāgam: a topaz (puṣyarāga)
• puṣya-rāgam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣya-rāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular; gemstone-name; (समास-व्युत्पत्तिः: puṣya + rāga)

• tu: but/and then
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Adversative/contrast particle (विरोध/अन्वय)

• viprāya: to a brāhmaṇa
• viprāya: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular

• dadyāt: should give
• dadyāt: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु)
• Form: Optative/vidhi-liṅ, Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय)

• ariṣṭa-śāntaye: for the pacification of misfortune
• ariṣṭa-śāntaye: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ariṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + śānti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular; purpose dative; समास: तत्पुरुष

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative instruction; speaker not provided in the given excerpt)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: karuna

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: caiva → ca + eva; pītavastram → pīta-vastram; dadyāccāriṣṭaśāntaye → dadyāt + ca + ariṣṭa-śāntaye.

FAQs

What is the main practice recommended in this verse?

It recommends dāna (charitable gifting) to a brāhmaṇa—specifically split chickpeas, a yellow garment, gold, and a puṣyarāga gem—as a means of ariṣṭa-śānti (pacifying misfortune).

What does “ariṣṭa-śānti” mean here?

Ariṣṭa refers to misfortune, calamity, or inauspicious affliction; śānti means pacification or calming. Together, it indicates a rite or act intended to reduce adverse conditions.

What ethical lesson does this verse convey?

It frames relief from adversity not only as ritual but as generosity—directing resources toward a learned recipient (brāhmaṇa), emphasizing charity and auspicious giving as a dharmic response to hardship.