Shloka 11

Adhyaya 4 — Jaimini Meets the Dharmapakshis: Four Doubts on the Mahabharata and the Opening of Narayana Doctrine

Sanskrit

स्फीतद्रव्ये कुले केचिज्जाताः किल मनस्विनः ।

द्रव्यनाशे द्विजेन्द्रास्ते शबरेण सुसान्त्विताः ॥

Transliteration

sphītadravye kule kecij jātāḥ kila manasvinaḥ | dravyanāśe dvijendrās te śabareṇa susāntvitāḥ ||

Translation

Dans une lignée riche en biens, naquirent en vérité certains hommes au cœur élevé. Lorsque leur fortune fut détruite, ces éminents parmi les deux-fois-nés furent bien consolés par un Śabara (habitant des forêts).

Word by Word

• स्फीत-द्रव्ये: in (a family) with abundant wealth
• स्फीत-द्रव्ये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्फीत + द्रव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘स्फीतं द्रव्यं यस्मिन्’)

• कुले: in a family
• कुले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• केचित्: some (people)
• केचित्: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (indefinite ‘some’)

• जाताः: born
• जाताः: Karta (कर्ता/subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• किल: it is said; indeed
• किल: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किल (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (reportative particle)

• मनस्विनः: high-minded; spirited
• मनस्विनः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• द्रव्य-नाशे: in the loss of wealth
• द्रव्य-नाशे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रव्य + नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘नाशः द्रव्यस्य’)

• द्विजेन्द्राः: the best of the twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजेन्द्राः: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘इन्द्रः द्विजानाम्’ = best of Brahmins)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (कर्ता/subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• शबरेण: by the Śabara (hunter/tribesman)
• शबरेण: Karana (करण/agent-instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शबर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• सु-सान्त्विताः: well consoled
• सु-सान्त्विताः: Karta (कर्ता/subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + सान्त्वय् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; उपसर्ग/उपपद: सु- (well)

Speakers

• Narratorial voice within the Purāṇic account (specific interlocutors not explicit in this verse alone)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Dharma
• Fortune and adversity
• Social categories (dvija and forest-dweller)
• Consolation/ethical counsel

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Prosperity and social status are unstable; when external supports (wealth) collapse, steadiness of mind and right counsel become the true refuge. The verse also implies that wisdom and the capacity to console are not confined to elite social categories—ethical insight may come even from a forest-dweller (Śabara).

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

This verse aligns most closely with Vaṃśa/Vaṃśānucarita (genealogies and accounts of lineages and their fortunes), rather than Sarga/Pratisarga/Manvantara.

What is the esoteric significance?

Wealth (dravya) symbolizes externalized power and identity; its loss forces an inward turn. The Śabara, living outside refined society and closer to nature, can symbolize a return to simplicity and grounded discernment that restores inner composure when worldly structures fail.