Shloka 26

Adhyaya 23 — Ashvatara’s Vow for Madalasa and the Bestowal of Musical Science by Sarasvati

Sanskrit

आरभेत नरः कर्म स्वपौरुषमहापयन् ।

निष्पत्तिः कर्मणो दैवे पौरुषे च व्यवस्थिताः ॥

Transliteration

ārabheta naraḥ karma sva-pauruṣam ahāpayan | niṣpattiḥ karmaṇo daive pauruṣe ca vyavasthitā ||

Translation

„Der Mensch soll das Handeln beginnen und die eigene Anstrengung nicht aufgeben. Das Gelingen einer Tat gründet sich sowohl auf das Schicksal (daiva) als auch auf menschliches Bemühen (pauruṣa).“

Word by Word

• आरभेत: should begin
• आरभेत: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-रभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• नरः: a man/person
• नरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कर्म: work
• कर्म: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्वपौरुषम्: one's own effort/valor
• स्वपौरुषम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व-पौरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (स्वस्य पौरुषम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आहापयन्: not giving up (causing to be abandoned)
• आहापयन्: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-हापय् (धातु; causative of हा)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ), प्रथमा, पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषण-भावे (while not abandoning)

• निष्पत्तिः: accomplishment/result
• निष्पत्तिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निष्पत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कर्मणः: of the work
• कर्मणः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• दैवे: in fate/divine dispensation
• दैवे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• पौरुषे: in human effort
• पौरुषे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• व्यवस्थिताः: are established/are dependent
• व्यवस्थिताः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-अव-स्था (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), प्रथमा, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, बहुवचन; ‘निष्पत्तयः’ इति अध्याहार्यं (implied plural subject)

Speakers

• Nāgarāṭ Aśvatara

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Puruṣakāra and Daiva
• Karma theory
• Practical dharma

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The Purāṇic middle path: neither fatalism nor egoistic self-sufficiency. One must act fully; results mature through a conjunction of effort and providential order.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Didactic teaching within narrative (Ākhyāna/Upadeśa); not directly sarga etc.

What is the esoteric significance?

Daiva can be read as the unseen karmic momentum and cosmic timing; pauruṣa is present-moment sādhana. Siddhi arises when both align.