Shloka 68

Adhyaya 50 — Mind-Born Progeny, Svayambhuva Manu’s Lineage, and Brahmā’s Ordinance to Duḥsaha (Alakṣmī’s Retinue)

Sanskrit

यत्र कारुणिका नित्यं साधुकर्मण्यवस्थिताः ।

सामान्योपस्करैर्युक्तास्त्यजेथा यक्ष ! तद्गृहम् ॥

Transliteration

yatra kāruṇikā nityaṃ sādhukarmaṇy avasthitāḥ | sāmānyopaskarair yuktās tyajethā yakṣa! tad-gṛham ||

Translation

O Yakṣa, meide jenes Haus, in dem die Menschen stets mitfühlend sind, in rechter dharmischer Lebensführung feststehen und mit einfachen häuslichen Mitteln zufrieden sind.

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative setting)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• कारुणिकाः: compassionate people
• कारुणिकाः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारुणिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रायः, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• साधु-कर्मणि: in good deeds
• साधु-कर्मणि: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधु (प्रातिपदिक) + कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (good + deed)

• अवस्थिताः: established/engaged
• अवस्थिताः: कर्ता-विशेषण (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव-स्था (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), प्रथमा बहुवचन; क्त (kta) प्रत्यय; ‘स्थित’ = established

• सामान्य-उपस्करैः: with ordinary furnishings
• सामान्य-उपस्करैः: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामान्य (प्रातिपदिक) + उपस्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः

• युक्ताः: endowed/possessing
• युक्ताः: कर्ता-विशेषण (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त, प्रथमा बहुवचन; क्त (kta) प्रत्यय

• त्यजेथाः: you should abandon
• त्यजेथाः: क्रिया (Verb/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यक्ष: O Yakṣa
• यक्ष: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: कर्म-विशेषण (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• गृहम्: house
• गृहम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speakers

• Dharma-instructor addressing a Yakṣa (didactic counsel within the Purāṇic dialogue frame)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Dharma
• Gṛhastha duties
• Ethics of livelihood
• Auspicious/inauspicious residence

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse assumes the Yakṣa as a predatory/afflictive presence: it cannot thrive where compassion, righteous action, and contentment with simplicity prevail. Ethical stability is portrayed as a protective force.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Primarily Dharma-śikṣā embedded in narrative (not a direct sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita unit), functioning as normative instruction within the Purāṇa.

What is the esoteric significance?

Compassion (dayā) and sādhutva are depicted as subtle 'warding' energies; simplicity (limited upaskara) symbolizes non-attachment, which denies entry to parasitic influences.