Shloka 8

Adhyaya 36 — Madalasa’s Final Counsel and the Renunciation of King Ritadhvaja

Sanskrit

तदास्मात्पुत्र ! निष्कृष्य मद्दत्तादङ्गुलीयकात् ।

वाच्यं ते शासनं पट्टे सूक्ष्माक्षरनिवेशितम् ॥

Transliteration

tadāsmāt putra! niṣkṛṣya maddattādaṅgulīyakāt | vācyaṃ te śāsanaṃ paṭṭe sūkṣmākṣaraniveśitam

Translation

それから、わが子よ、わたしが授けた指輪からそれを取り出しなさい。微細な文字で刻まれた帯状の札（paṭṭa）に記された教示を読むべきである。

Word by Word

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• asmāt: from this (place/thing)
• asmāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पुँल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• putra: O son
• putra: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन

• niṣkṛṣya: having pulled out
• niṣkṛṣya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: niṣ√kṛṣ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), उपसर्ग: निष्, अर्थ: ‘आकर्ष्य/बहिः कृत्वा’ (having pulled out)

• mat-dattāt: from (the one) given by me
• mat-dattāt: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + datta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): ‘मया दत्त’ (given by me); नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुँल्लिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• aṅgulīyakāt: from the ring
• aṅgulīyakāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅgulīyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• vācyam: is to be read/recited
• vācyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive/future passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय (to be read/recited)

• te: for you / to you
• te: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• śāsanam: the order / written instruction
• śāsanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāsana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन

• paṭṭe: on a cloth/strip (writing cloth)
• paṭṭe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paṭṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• sūkṣma-akṣara-niveśitam: inscribed with fine letters
• sūkṣma-akṣara-niveśitam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sūkṣma (प्रातिपदिक) + akṣara (प्रातिपदिक) + niveśita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: (i) सūkṣmākṣara = कर्मधारय (सूक्ष्माणि अक्षराणि), (ii) सūkṣmākṣara-niveśita = तत्पुरुष (तैः/तत्र निवेशितम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of śāsanam)

Speakers

• Madālasā

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Smṛti device (remembrance aid)
• Practical dharma instruction
• Royal ethics
• Textuality (written counsel)

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Dharma is made actionable: when the mind is shaken by grief, one should rely on prepared guidance (śāsana) rather than impulsive reaction—an ancient analogue to ‘pre-committed’ ethical practice.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Still within Vaṃśānucarita; it is a didactic mechanism embedded in narrative (instruction transmitted as an artifact).

What is the esoteric significance?

The ring signifies continuity and binding; the hidden strip suggests that wisdom is ‘carried’ close, to be revealed precisely when the world’s pressures tighten.