Shloka 10

प्रलय-प्रक्रिया (Pralaya Process) — Guṇa-Withdrawal and Pratisaṃcara

Devanagari script

श्रीर्वाच नो धाता न विधाता मां विद्धाति कथंचन । कालस्तु शक्र पर्यागान्मैनं शक्रावमन्यथा:

Transliteration

śrīr uvāca—no dhātā na vidhātā māṃ viddhāti kathaṃcana | kālas tu śakra paryāgān mainaṃ śakrāvamanyathāḥ ||

Translation

Śrī (Lakṣmī) said: “Neither Dhātā nor Vidhātā can appoint or direct me in any way. It is only Time (Kāla) whose command I must obey. That very Time has now appeared, impelling me to abandon Bali. O Śakra (Indra), do not disregard that Time.”

Word by Word

• श्रीः: Śrī/Lakṣmī
• श्रीः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• नः: of us / our
• नः: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Genitive, Plural

• धाता: the Creator (Dhātā)
• धाता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)

• विधाता: the Ordainer (Vidhātā)
• विधाता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• विद्धाति: appoints/assigns/ordains
• Type: Verb
• Root: विधा (धातु)
• Form: Present (Laṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कथंचन: in any way; at all
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन (अव्यय)

• कालः: Time/Fate
• कालः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but; however
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)

• शक्र: O Śakra (Indra)
• शक्र: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पर्यागात्: from (his) coming/arrival; upon arrival
• पर्यागात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परि + आ + गम् (धातु) / पर्याग (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध-अव्यय)

• एनम्: him/this (Time)
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शक्र: O Śakra
• शक्र: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अवमन्यथाः: disregard/insult (do not disregard)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + मन् (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), 2nd, Singular, Ātmanepada

Speaker

शक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī/Lakṣmī
• Śakra (Indra)
• Dhātā
• Vidhātā
• Kāla (Time)
• Bali

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Prosperity (Śrī) is not controlled even by cosmic ‘ordainers’ like Dhātā and Vidhātā; it moves according to Kāla (Time). Therefore, one should not be arrogant in success or despair in loss—both are subject to Time’s turning.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śrī (Lakṣmī) addresses Indra, explaining that she is compelled by Kāla to leave Bali. She warns Indra not to slight Kāla, implying that Indra’s own rise and fall are likewise governed by Time.