Shloka 26

Adhyaya 37 — Alarka’s Crisis and the Teaching on Non-Attachment (Madālasa’s Instruction Recalled)

Sanskrit

ततः स साधुसम्पर्कं चिन्तयन् पृथिवीपतिः ।

दत्तात्रेयं महाभागम् अगच्छत् परमार्तिमान् ॥

Transliteration

tataḥ sa sādhusamparkaṃ cintayan pṛthivīpatiḥ /

dattātreyaṃ mahābhāgam agacchat paramārtimān //

Translation

Dann begab sich der König, über die Berührung mit dem Heiligen nachsinnend, in äußerster Bedrängnis zu dem hochgesegneten Dattātreya.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-तस्)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक-अव्यय (thereupon/then)

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

• साधुसम्पर्कम्: contact/association with the virtuous
• साधुसम्पर्कम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधु + सम्पर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (साधोः सम्पर्कः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• चिन्तयन्: thinking, considering
• चिन्तयन्: Karta (कर्ता/Agent, participial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्तय् (धातु √चिन्त्) + शतृ (कृत्)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सहक्रिया

• पृथिवीपतिः: king, lord of the earth
• पृथिवीपतिः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पृथिव्याः पतिः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• दत्तात्रेयम्: Dattātreya
• दत्तात्रेयम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दत्त + आत्रेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (दत्तः आत्रेयः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• महाभागम्: greatly fortunate, illustrious
• महाभागम्: Karma (कर्म/Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महā + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (दत्तात्रेयम्)

• अगच्छत्: went
• अगच्छत्: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• परमार्तिमान्: having extreme distress
• परमार्तिमान्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम + आर्ति + मतुप् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (परमा आर्तिः यस्य); मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (सः/पृथिवीपतिः)

Speakers

• Narrator describing the king’s movement toward the sage

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "karuna", "secondaryRasa": "shanta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Primary Deities

• Dattātreya

Key Themes

• Seeking a guru
• Satsanga
• Moksha
• Relief from suffering

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

When inner distress becomes acute, the tradition recommends not mere speculation but approaching a realized teacher. The king embodies the turn from worldly sovereignty to spiritual refuge.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

This is part of an instructive narrative (ākhyāna/upadeśa) rather than a cosmological or genealogical register.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Paramārtimān’ signals the ripening of vairāgya. The movement toward Dattātreya symbolizes the soul’s movement from external control to inner mastery.