Shloka 35

Adhyaya 3 — The Dharmapakshis’ Past-Life Curse and Indra’s Test of Truthfulness

Sanskrit

गुरुः पूज्यो यदि मतो भवतां परमोऽथ पिता ।

ततः कुरुत मे वाक्यं निर्व्यलीकेन चेतसा ॥

Transliteration

guruḥ pūjyo yadi mato bhavatāṃ paramaḥ pitā / tataḥ kuruta me vākyaṃ nirvyalīkena cetasā

Translation

જો તું માને છે કે ગુરુ પૂજ્ય છે અને પિતા સર્વોચ્ચ વંદનીય છે, તો કપટ રહિત મનથી મારા વચનનું પાલન કર.

Word by Word

• गुरुः: teacher
• गुरुः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• पूज्यः: worthy of worship
• पूज्यः: Visheshya (विशेष्य/Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicative adjective)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Condition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्त-निपात (conditional particle)

• मतः: considered
• मतः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन् (धातु) → मत (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृत् (considered/held as)

• भवताम्: of you (hon.)
• भवताम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम-प्रयोग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; आदरार्थ-प्रयोग (honorific 'of you')

• परमः: supreme, highest
• परमः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अथ: then, and
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अनन्तरार्थक (then/and/also)

• पिता: father
• पिता: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• ततः: therefore
• ततः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Cause-Result)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्-अर्थे (therefore/from that)

• कुरुत: do, perform
• कुरुत: Kriya (क्रिया/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• मे: for me / my
• मे: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी/षष्ठी (4th/Dative or 6th/Genitive), एकवचन (enclitic)

• वाक्यम्: word, instruction
• वाक्यम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• निर्व्यलीकेन: with sincerity, without deceit
• निर्व्यलीकेन: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्-व्यलीक (प्रातिपदिक; उपसर्ग-युक्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; अव्यलीक = 'without deceit'

• चेतसा: with mind
• चेतसा: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

Speakers

• Not specified in the provided excerpt (requires surrounding verses to identify the speaker precisely)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Dharma
• Guru-bhakti
• Pitṛ-sammāna (honor to father/elders)
• Truthfulness / sincerity
• Ethical obedience

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Dharma is not merely external compliance but inner integrity: honoring guru and father entails sincere, non-deceptive execution of rightful instruction. The verse links reverence (pūjā/sammāna) with truthful intention (nirvyalīka-cetas).

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

This verse is primarily ācāra/dharma-upadeśa (normative instruction) rather than the five purāṇic markers (sarga, pratisarga, vaṃśa, manvantara, vaṃśānucarita). It can be cataloged as ancillary dharma material commonly interwoven into purāṇic narration.

What is the esoteric significance?

Guru and father function as archetypes of transmitted wisdom and embodied lineage; ‘nirvyalīka-cetas’ points to inner straightness (ārjava) as the subtle prerequisite for receiving and actualizing instruction—suggesting that spiritual authority is honored not by rhetoric but by transparent intention and action.