Shloka 60

कालनिर्णयः, युगधर्मवर्णनम्, सृष्टिक्रमश्च

Time-Reckoning, Yuga-Dharma, and the Sequence of Creation

Devanagari script

मैवं शक्र पुनः कार्षी: शान्तो भवितुम्हसि । त्वामप्येवंविध॑ ज्ञात्वा क्षिप्रमन्‍्यं गमिष्यति

Transliteration

maivaṁ śakra punaḥ kārṣīḥ śānto bhavitum arhasi | tvām apy evaṁvidhaṁ jñātvā kṣipram anyaṁ gamiṣyati, śakra ||

Translation

「二度とそのように振る舞うな、シャクラ（インドラ）よ。汝は心を鎮めねばならぬ。汝もまたそのような有様にあると知れば、この吉祥女神シュリー／ラクシュミーはたちまち去り、他の者のもとへ移るであろう。」

Word by Word

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा
• Form: Prohibitive particle (with injunctive/imperative sense)

• एवम्: thus, in this way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्
• Form: Adverb

• शक्र: O Śakra (Indra)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः
• Form: Adverb

• कार्षीः: you should do / do (in prohibition: do not do)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Aorist (injunctive/imperative-prohibitive usage), 2nd person, singular, parasmaipada

• शान्तः: calm, pacified
• शान्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्त
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• भवितुम्: to be, to become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Infinitive (tumun)

• अर्हसि: you ought / you deserve / you should
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: Present, 2nd person, singular, parasmaipada

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Accusative, singular

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि
• Form: Particle

• एवम्-विधम्: of such a kind, like this
• एवम्-विधम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एवम्-विध
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, accusative, singular (agreeing with त्वाम् by sense: 'such a one')

• ज्ञात्वा: having known/recognized
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा)

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षिप्र
• Form: Adverb (accusative used adverbially)

• अन्यम्: another (person)
• अन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, accusative, singular

• गमिष्यति: will go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Future, 3rd person, singular, parasmaipada

• शक्र: O Śakra
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

श॒क्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Lakṣmī/Śrī (Fortune, implied)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Prosperity is unstable and does not remain with one who is agitated, arrogant, or improperly behaved; therefore a ruler (even Indra) should cultivate calmness and self-restraint to be fit for Śrī (fortune).

What is happening in the narrative?

Śakra (Indra) is being admonished not to repeat a certain improper conduct and is urged to become calm; the speaker warns that Lakṣmī/Śrī, recognizing such a flawed state even in him, will swiftly leave and go to another.