Shloka 27

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

Sanskrit

तं समेत्य महात्मानम् अकल्पषम् असङ्गिनम् ।

प्रणिपत्याभिसम्पूज्य यथान्यायम् अभाषत ॥

Transliteration

taṃ sametya mahātmānam akalpaṣam asaṅginam /

praṇipatyābhisampūjya yathānyāyam abhāṣata //

Translation

Nachdem er sich jenem großherzigen — makellosen und ungebundenen — genähert hatte, verneigte er sich, erwies ihm die gebührende Verehrung und sprach dann gemäß rechter Sitte.

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• समेत्य: having approached
• समेत्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया/Absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+इ√ (धातु √इ/√या ‘to go’) + ल्यप् (कृत्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having approached/met’

• महात्मानम्: the great-souled one
• महात्मानम्: Karma (कर्म/Object qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महā + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेष्य (तम्)

• अकल्पषम्: spotless, sinless
• अकल्पषम्: Karma (कर्म/Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ- + कल्पष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नञ्-तत्पुरुष (negative prefix a-); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (महात्मानम्)

• असङ्गिनम्: detached, unattached
• असङ्गिनम्: Karma (कर्म/Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ- + सङ्गिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नञ्-तत्पुरुष (negative); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• प्रणिपत्य: having prostrated
• प्रणिपत्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया/Absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+नि√पत् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृत्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having bowed down’

• अभिसम्पूज्य: having respectfully worshipped
• अभिसम्पूज्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया/Absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि+सम्+पूज् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृत्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having duly worshipped’

• यथान्यायम्: according to proper procedure
• यथान्यायम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा + न्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययार्थे (adverb) ‘according to rule/propriety’

• अभाषत: spoke
• अभाषत: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भाष् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speakers

• Narrator (describing the king’s etiquette before the sage)

Verse Rasa

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

Primary Deities

• Dattātreya

Key Themes

• Guru-shishya decorum
• Humility
• Non-attachment
• Dharma

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Spiritual instruction is approached through humility and right conduct: reverence (praṇipāta) and service (pūjā) prepare the mind to receive liberating knowledge.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Instructional narrative; not a Pancalakṣaṇa element.

What is the esoteric significance?

The sage’s description—stainless and unattached—presents the archetype of liberated awareness. The student’s ritualized humility mirrors the inner surrender of ego (ahaṅkāra) required for insight.