Shloka 2

Adhyaya 26 — Madālasa Names Alarka and Reorients Him Toward Kshatriya Duty

Sanskrit

यथायथं बलं लेभे यथा लेभे मतिं पितुः ।

तथा तथात्मबोधञ्च सोऽवापन्मातृभाषितैः ॥

Transliteration

yathāyathaṃ balaṃ lebhe yathā lebhe matiṃ pituḥ / tathā tathātmabodhaṃ ca so 'vāpan mātṛbhāṣitaiḥ

Translation

As he gradually gained strength, and as he attained the understanding expected of his father’s lineage, so too, through his mother’s words, he came to self-knowledge.

Word by Word

• yathā-yatham: as and as / gradually
• yathā-yatham: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + yatham (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; distributive-correlative adverbial expression

• balam: strength
• balam: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• lebhe: obtained
• lebhe: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person, Singular; ātmanepada

• yathā: as
• yathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; correlative adverb

• lebhe: obtained
• lebhe: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person, Singular; ātmanepada

• matim: understanding/intelligence
• matim: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• pituḥ: of (his) father
• pituḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• tathā: so/likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; correlative adverb

• tathā-ātma-bodham: self-knowledge (awakening to the Self)
• tathā-ātma-bodham: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tathā (अव्यय) + ātman + bodha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (आत्मबोधः = आत्मनः बोधः); 'tathā' as adverb modifying whole clause

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• avāpat: attained
• avāpat: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd person, Singular; parasmaipada; with prefix ava-

• mātṛ-bhāṣitaiḥ: by the mother’s utterances/words
• mātṛ-bhāṣitaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण/instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ + bhāṣita (कृदन्त; भाष् धातु)
• Form: Neuter (bhāṣita), Instrumental (3rd), Plural (बहुवचन); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (मातुः भाषितानि)

Speakers

• Jaḍa (narration)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Ātma-jñāna
• Saṃskāra through instruction
• Royal upbringing with renunciatory wisdom

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Worldly capability and inner awakening can develop together; true education includes ātma-bodha alongside social/royal competence.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Narrative instruction within royal lineage context (vaṃśānucarita flavor), but the content is chiefly adhyātma-nīti.

What is the esoteric significance?

It suggests a maturation model: as the body-mind grows, the teaching is ‘received’ at deeper levels, culminating in stabilized self-recognition.