Shloka 13

Adhyaya 13 — Raivata and Chakshusha

Sanskrit

पितृदेवर्षिभृत्याश्च न चापचरिता मया ।

कृता स्पृहा च न मया परस्त्रीविभवादिषु ॥

Transliteration

pitṛ-devarṣi-bhṛtyāś ca na cāpacaritā mayā | kṛtā spṛhā ca na mayā parastrī-vibhavādiṣu

Translation

আমি পিতৃগণকে, দেবতাদের, ঋষিদের কিংবা আমার আশ্রিত/পরিচারকদের কোনো অনিষ্ট করিনি; পরস্ত্রী, ধন ইত্যাদির প্রতিও আমার লালসা ছিল না।

Word by Word

• pitṛ-devarṣi-bhṛtyāḥ: fathers, gods, sages, and servants
• pitṛ-devarṣi-bhṛtyāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक) + ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक) + bhṛtya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध/Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• apacaritā: was not offended/neglected
• apacaritā: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: apa-car (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अव्यक्त-कर्तृक कर्मणि (was wronged/neglected)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (कर्ता/Agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया, एकवचन

• kṛtā: was made
• kṛtā: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; स्पृहा इति विशेष्य (made/done)

• spṛhā: desire/longing
• spṛhā: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: spṛhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध/Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (कर्ता/Agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया, एकवचन

• para-strī-vibhava-ādiṣu: in others' wives, wealth, etc.
• para-strī-vibhava-ādiṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Domain)
• Type: Noun
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक) + strī (प्रातिपदिक) + vibhava (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; समाहार/सूच्यर्थः: 'in others' wives, wealth, etc.'; (परस्त्री इति कर्मधारय-तत्पुरुष-भावः, तदनन्तरं वibhavādi इति समास-समुच्चय)

Speakers

• Vipaścit continuing his self-defense/inquiry

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Restraint (dama)
• Social and religious obligations
• Non-covetousness and sexual ethics

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Dharma includes relational ethics: one’s conduct toward ancestors, gods, sages, and dependents is as weighty as personal vows of non-covetousness.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ethical teaching (ācāra) embedded in narrative; not a pancalakṣaṇa core topic.

What is the esoteric significance?

The list maps to layered obligations—transcendent (deva/ṛṣi), temporal lineage (pitṛ), and social responsibility (bhṛtya)—suggesting karma is evaluated across all layers.