Shloka 11

पञ्चवर्णोत्पत्तिः — The Origin of the Five-Colored Fiery Being and Ritual-Disruptor Lineages

Devanagari script

अचेष्टमपि चासीनं श्री: कंचिदुपतिछ्ठति

Transliteration

aceṣṭam api cāsīnaṁ śrīḥ kaṁcid upatiṣṭhati

Translation

Even when a person makes no outward effort and merely sits still, prosperity (Śrī) may nonetheless come and stand by him. The hunter points out that worldly success is not always a direct measure of merit or exertion; therefore one should judge by dharma and conduct rather than by visible fortune.

Word by Word

• अचेष्टम्: inactive, motionless
• अचेष्टम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अचेष्ट (निश्चेष्ट)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अपि: even, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• आसीनम्: sitting
• आसीनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आसीन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रीः: fortune, prosperity (Lakṣmī)
• श्रीः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• कंचित्: someone, a certain person
• कंचित्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क (किम्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उपतिष्ठति: approaches, attends upon, comes to
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-स्था
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

• व्याध (the hunter, speaker)
• श्री (prosperity; Śrī/Lakṣmī as a personified principle)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Prosperity can arrive even without visible effort, so wealth or success should not be taken as proof of virtue; dharma is to be assessed by conduct and right understanding, not by external fortune.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Vyādha’s discourse, he instructs the listener by using a practical observation: some people gain prosperity without striving, highlighting the limits of judging people by outcomes and reinforcing a dharma-centered evaluation.