Shloka 75

Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat

Sanskrit

भगवन्! गार्हपत्याग्ने योनिस्त्वं सर्वकर्मणाम् ।

त्वत्त आहवनीयोऽग्निर्दक्षिणाग्निश्च नान्यतः ॥

Transliteration

bhagavan! gārhapatyāgne yonis tvaṃ sarva-karmaṇām | tvatta āhavanīyo 'gnir dakṣiṇāgniś ca nānyataḥ ||

Translation

„O gesegneter Gārhapatya-Feuer, du bist Schoß/Quelle aller Riten. Aus dir entstehen das Āhavanīya-Feuer und das Dakṣiṇa-Feuer—aus keinem anderen Ursprung.“

Word by Word

• भगवन्: O Lord
• भगवन्: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन

• गार्हपत्याग्ने: O gārhapatya fire
• गार्हपत्याग्ने: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गार्हपत्य-अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक: गार्हपत्य + अग्नि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष (gārhapatya-fire)

• योनिः: source, womb
• योनिः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• सर्वकर्मणाम्: of all rites/actions
• सर्वकर्मणाम्: षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक: सर्व + कर्मन्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (all + rites/actions)

• त्वत्तः: from you
• त्वत्तः: अपादान (Apādāna/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• आहवनीयः: the āhavanīya (offering) [fire]
• आहवनीयः: कर्तृविशेषण (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आहवनीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• अग्निः: fire
• अग्निः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• दक्षिणाग्निः: the dakṣiṇa (southern) fire
• दक्षिणाग्निः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिण-अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक: दक्षिण + अग्नि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (southern fire)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Coordinator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• न: not
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• अन्यतः: from elsewhere
• अन्यतः: अपादान (Source—adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादानार्थक-अव्यय (ablatival adverb: ‘from elsewhere’)

Speakers

• brāhmaṇa → Gārhapatya Agni

Verse Rasa

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Primary Deities

• Agni (Gārhapatya, Āhavanīya, Dakṣiṇa)

Key Themes

• Vedic fire theology
• Gṛhastha dharma
• Ritual continuity
• Authority of śrauta tradition

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The householder’s sacred fire is presented as the foundation of ordered life and duty; dharma is sustained through maintaining the ritual ‘center’ of the home.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ācāra/karma exposition; outside the direct pancalakṣaṇa categories.

What is the esoteric significance?

Agni as ‘yoni’ implies that disciplined action is ‘born’ from inner heat/clarity; the three fires can also be read as three functional modes of sacred energy (offering, domestic stability, ancestral continuity).