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Shloka 9

दिष्ट्या पञ्चसु रक्तो5सि दिष्ट्या ते घट्पदी जिता । द्वे पूर्वे मध्यमे द्वे च द्वे चान्ते साम्परायिके,सौभाग्यवश तुम्हारा शम, दम, उपरति, तितिक्षा, समाधान--इन पाँचों साधनोंपर अनुराग है तथा सौभाग्यसे तुमने भूख-प्यास, शोक-मोह और जरा-मृत्यु--इन छहों दोषोंको जीत लिया है। इनमेंसे पहले दो दोष आरम्भसे ही रहते हैं, बीचके दो तरुणावस्था आनेपर होते हैं तथा बादवाले दो दोष अन्तिम समयपर आते हैं

yakṣa uvāca | diṣṭyā pañcasu rakto 'si diṣṭyā te ṣaṭpadī jitā | dve pūrve madhyame dve ca dve cānte sāmparāyike ||

Der Yakṣa sprach: „Durch gutes Geschick bist du den fünf inneren Zuchtmitteln zugetan; durch gutes Geschick hast du die sechs ‘sechsfüßigen’ Bedrängnisse bezwungen. Von ihnen sind zwei von Anfang an da, zwei entstehen in der Mitte (des Lebens), und zwei kommen am Ende, zur Stunde des Abschieds.“

दिष्ट्याby good fortune; fortunately
दिष्ट्या:
Karana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootदिष्टि
FormAvyaya (instrumental sense: 'by good fortune')
पञ्चसुin/among the five
पञ्चसु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपञ्चन्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Plural
रक्तःattached; devoted
रक्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootरक्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
असिyou are
असि:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormPresent, 2nd person, Singular (Parasmaipada)
दिष्ट्याby good fortune; happily
दिष्ट्या:
Karana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootदिष्टि
FormAvyaya (instrumental sense)
तेfor you / of you
ते:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormGenitive/Dative, Singular
षट्पदीthe sixfold (set); the group of six
षट्पदी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootषट्पदी
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
जिताconquered
जिता:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootजि
FormPast passive participle, Feminine, Nominative, Singular
द्वेtwo
द्वे:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootद्वि
FormFeminine/Neuter, Nominative, Dual
पूर्वेformer; first
पूर्वे:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व
FormFeminine/Neuter, Nominative, Dual
मध्यमेmiddle
मध्यमे:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमध्यम
FormFeminine/Neuter, Nominative, Dual
द्वेtwo
द्वे:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootद्वि
FormFeminine/Neuter, Nominative, Dual
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
FormAvyaya
द्वेtwo
द्वे:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootद्वि
FormFeminine/Neuter, Nominative, Dual
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
FormAvyaya
अन्तेat the end
अन्ते:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअन्त
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
साम्परायिकेbelonging to the final passage (death); terminal
साम्परायिके:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसाम्परायिक
FormFeminine/Neuter, Nominative, Dual

यक्ष उवाच

Y
Yakṣa

Educational Q&A

The verse praises mastery of inner discipline (the five: calm, sense-control, withdrawal, forbearance, and focused composure) and urges victory over the six life-afflictions—hunger/thirst, grief/delusion, and finally old age/death—by recognizing their timing and not being ruled by them.

In the Yakṣa–Yudhiṣṭhira dialogue, the Yakṣa commends the interlocutor’s spiritual maturity: devotion to the five disciplines and conquest of the sixfold defects, distinguishing which troubles arise early, mid-life, and at life’s end.