Shloka 11

पञ्चवर्णोत्पत्तिः — The Origin of the Five-Colored Fiery Being and Ritual-Disruptor Lineages

Devanagari script

अचेष्टमपि चासीनं श्री: कंचिदुपतिछ्ठति

Transliteration

aceṣṭam api cāsīnaṁ śrīḥ kaṁcid upatiṣṭhati

Translation

Selbst wenn ein Mensch keinerlei äußere Anstrengung zeigt und nur still dasitzt, kann der Wohlstand (Śrī) dennoch kommen und sich an seine Seite stellen. Der Jäger macht deutlich, dass weltlicher Erfolg nicht immer ein unmittelbares Maß für Verdienst oder Mühe ist; darum soll man nach Dharma und Wandel urteilen, nicht nach sichtbarem Glück.

Word by Word

• अचेष्टम्: inactive, motionless
• अचेष्टम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अचेष्ट (निश्चेष्ट)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अपि: even, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• आसीनम्: sitting
• आसीनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आसीन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रीः: fortune, prosperity (Lakṣmī)
• श्रीः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• कंचित्: someone, a certain person
• कंचित्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क (किम्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उपतिष्ठति: approaches, attends upon, comes to
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-स्था
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

• व्याध (the hunter, speaker)
• श्री (prosperity; Śrī/Lakṣmī as a personified principle)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Prosperity can arrive even without visible effort, so wealth or success should not be taken as proof of virtue; dharma is to be assessed by conduct and right understanding, not by external fortune.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Vyādha’s discourse, he instructs the listener by using a practical observation: some people gain prosperity without striving, highlighting the limits of judging people by outcomes and reinforcing a dharma-centered evaluation.