Shloka 63

Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions

Sanskrit

परस्पराभिरक्षा च ग्रहादौस्थ्येन जायते ।

एतेभ्य एव विप्रेन्द्र ! शुभहानिस्तथाशुभैः ॥

Transliteration

parasparābhirakṣā ca grahādausthyena jāyate / etebhya eva viprendra śubhahānis tathāśubhaiḥ //

Translation

Ketika planet-planet dan tanda-tanda langit berada dalam keadaan tidak menguntungkan, timbullah dorongan saling melindungi di antara manusia. Dari susunan itulah, wahai brahmana terbaik, lenyapnya yang mujur dan penderitaan oleh pengaruh yang tidak mujur pun terjadi.

Word by Word

• paraspara-ābhirakṣā: mutual protection
• paraspara-ābhirakṣā: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paraspara (प्रातिपदिक) + ābhirakṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg.); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (genitive determinative): 'परस्परस्य आभिरक्षा'

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• graha-adausthyena: by the planets' ill-disposition
• graha-adausthyena: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: graha (प्रातिपदिक) + adausthya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instr. 3), एकवचन (sg.); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: 'ग्रहाणाम् अदौस्थ्येन'

• jāyate: arises/is produced
• jāyate: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (sg.), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada)

• etebhyaḥ: from these
• etebhyaḥ: Apadana (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.)/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.) (contextual pronoun), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Abl. 5), बहुवचन (pl.)

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• vipra-indra: O best of Brahmins
• vipra-indra: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक) + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Voc.), एकवचन (sg.); कर्मधारय/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थः: 'विप्राणाम् इन्द्रः'

• śubha-hāniḥ: loss of auspiciousness
• śubha-hāniḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक) + hāni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg.); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: 'शुभस्य हानिः'

• tathā: likewise/so
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: रीति/प्रकार-अव्यय (adverb: 'so, likewise')

• aśubhaiḥ: by inauspicious (factors)
• aśubhaiḥ: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.) (used substantively), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instr. 3), बहुवचन (pl.)

Speakers

• Not explicit in provided excerpt (instructional narrative voice addressing a brahmin: 'viprendra')

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "karuna", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Cosmology
• Omens
• Grahapīḍā
• Śānti rites

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Social cohesion and mutual safeguarding are emphasized as practical responses during periods of perceived cosmic/astrological adversity; one should protect community welfare when ‘graha’ conditions are adverse.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ancillary dharma/ācāra material (not directly one of the five: sarga, pratisarga, vaṃśa, manvantara, vaṃśānucarita), but commonly embedded in Purāṇas as upadeśa (instruction) supporting dharma.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Graha’ can be read as inner compulsions that ‘seize’ the mind; when these are disordered, auspicious qualities decline—hence the need for conscious restraint and protective ethics.