Shloka 63

Adhyaya 43 — Portents of Death (Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇas) and the Yogin’s Response; Alarka Renounces Kingship

Sanskrit

दिष्ट्या त्वत्पादयुगलं मम स्मृतिपथं गतम् ।

दिष्ट्या त्वदुक्तयः सर्वा मम चेतसि संस्थिताः ॥

Transliteration

diṣṭyā tvat-pāda-yugalaṃ mama smṛti-pathaṃ gatam /

diṣṭyā tvad-uktayaḥ sarvā mama cetasi saṃsthitāḥ

Translation

Durch gutes Geschick ist dein Paar Füße in den Pfad meines Erinnerns eingetreten; durch gutes Geschick haben sich all deine Lehren fest in meinem Geist gegründet.

Word by Word

• दिष्ट्या: fortunately; by good luck
• दिष्ट्या: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः/भावसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), भावे—‘सौभाग्येन/शुभेन’ इत्यर्थे; interjection/adverbial usage

• त्वत्: your
• त्वत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Pronoun), षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन (Singular); ‘तव’ अर्थे

• पादयुगलम्: pair of feet
• पादयुगलम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक) + युगल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘पादयोः युगलम्’

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Pronoun), षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘मे’ अर्थे

• स्मृतिपथम्: path of memory; recollection
• स्मृतिपथम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्मृति (प्रातिपदिक) + पथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘स्मृतेः पथः’

• गतम्: has come; has reached
• गतम्: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (Past passive participle/कृत्-प्रत्ययः क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; ‘गतम्’ = has gone/has come (agreeing with पादयुगलम्)

• दिष्ट्या: fortunately
• दिष्ट्या: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः/भावसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), पुनरुक्त-प्रयोगः; interjection/adverb

• त्वत्: your
• त्वत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘तव’

• उक्तयः: sayings; utterances
• उक्तयः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying उक्तयः)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• चेतसि: in (my) mind
• चेतसि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• संस्थिताः: are established; have settled
• संस्थिताः: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-स्था (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘स्थिताः’ = have become established (agreeing with उक्तयः)

Speakers

• Alarka to Atri’s son

Verse Rasa

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

Key Themes

• Guru-smṛti
• Śravaṇa-manana (hearing and internalizing teaching)
• Refuge at the guru’s feet

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Learning becomes transformative only when retained and lived. Remembering the guru (‘feet’) symbolizes commitment; retaining the teaching in the heart is the start of disciplined application.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ancillary instruction (upadeśa) embedded in narrative; not a cosmological lakṣaṇa.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Feet in memory’ is an inner enthronement of the guru-principle. When instruction is ‘established in the citta,’ it indicates saṃskāra formation supportive of samādhi and liberation.