Shloka 24

Adhyaya 17 — The Birth of Atri’s Three Sons: Soma, Dattatreya, and Durvasa

Sanskrit

मन्यमाना महात्मानं पीतासवसविक्रियम् ।

नावाप दोषं योगीशो वारुणीं स पिबन्नपि ॥

Transliteration

manyamānā mahātmānaṃ pītāsava-savikriyam /

nāvāpa doṣaṃ yogīśo vāruṇīṃ sa pibann api

Translation

Indem man ihn für einen Großgesinnten hielt—obgleich durch das Trinken verändert—traf den Herrn der Yogins keinerlei Schuld, selbst während er Vāruṇī (Wein) trank.

Word by Word

• मन्यमाना: thinking/considering
• मन्यमाना: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद-भावः

• महात्मानम्: the great-souled one
• महात्मानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—महा + आत्मन्

• पीत-आसव-स-विक्रियम्: having drunk liquor and (yet) with no impairment
• पीत-आसव-स-विक्रियम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीत (कृदन्त) + आसव (प्रातिपदिक) + स (अव्यय) + विक्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘पीतासवः’ (drunk liquor) + ‘सविक्रियः’ (with alteration/impairment)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha/Particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• अवाप: incurred/obtained
• अवाप: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• दोषम्: fault/sin
• दोषम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• योगीशः: the lord of yogins
• योगीशः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगीश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—योगिनाम् ईशः

• वारुणीम्: Vāruṇī (liquor)
• वारुणीम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारुणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पिबन्: drinking
• पिबन्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha/Particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/समुच्चयार्थक (even/also)

Speakers

• Narrative voice within pitā–putra-saṃvāda; statement about a yogīśa (likely Dattātreya motif)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Yoga
• Karma and doṣa
• Adhikāra (eligibility) and exception
• Non-attachment
• Ethics of intoxicants

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The text asserts an ‘exception by realization’: for a perfected yogin, inner freedom can nullify karmic fault that would bind ordinary persons. Ethically, it warns readers not to universalize the yogin’s license; most are still subject to doṣa.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ākhyāna used for dharma-vicāra (reflection on dharma). It is not genealogical vaṃśa material here, but a didactic aside within the broader narrative flow.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Vāruṇī’ can be read as a potent sense-object; the yogin’s ‘doṣa-less’ status signifies the burning of saṃskāras (latent impressions). The verse rhetorically elevates inner state over ritualistic purity markers.