Shloka 70

Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata

Sanskrit

याचन्तेऽहर्निशासंस्थां यथावदविखण्डिताम् ।

अहं तदर्थमायाता शृणु चैतद्वचो मम ॥

Transliteration

yācante 'harniśāsaṃsthāṃ yathāvad avikhaṇḍitām | ahaṃ tad-artham āyātā śṛṇu caitad vaco mama ||

Translation

Ils demandent un agencement du jour et de la nuit qui soit juste et sans interruption. Je suis venue pour cela ; écoute mes paroles.

Word by Word

• याचन्ते: they request
• याचन्ते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: याच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• अहर्निशासंस्थाम्: the arrangement of day and night
• अहर्निशासंस्थाम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहर्निशा + संस्था (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (अहः-निशयोः संस्था = arrangement of day and night)

• यथावत्: properly
• यथावत्: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: properly)

• अविखण्डिताम्: unbroken/undivided
• अविखण्डिताम्: Karma (कर्म/Object—qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविखण्डित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √खण्ड्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; नञ्-पूर्वक विशेषण (unbroken)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तदर्थम्: for that purpose
• तदर्थम्: Hetu/Prayojana (हेतु/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (for that purpose)

• आयाता: (I have) come
• आयाता: Karta (कर्ता/Subject—state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-या (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वचः: speech/words
• वचः: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speakers

• Anasūyā speaking

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "vira", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Primary Deities

• Devas
• Indra

Key Themes

• Cosmic order
• Day-night regulation
• Continuity of ritual time

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Right order (yathāvat) is not merely convenience; it is the enabling condition for dharma to function continuously.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

A maintenance-of-order episode; not directly one of the five marks.

What is the esoteric significance?

Unbroken alternation suggests uninterrupted awareness and practice—spiritual life requires a stable ‘time-structure’ for discipline.