Shloka 6

Adhyaya 62 — The Fire-God Enters the Brahmin Youth; Varuthini’s Love-Sickness and Kali’s Disguise

Sanskrit

ततः क्षणेनैव तदा निजगेहमवाप्य सः ।

यथाप्रोक्तं द्विजश्रेष्ठश्चकार सकलाः क्रियाः ॥

Transliteration

tataḥ kṣaṇenaiva tadā nijageham avāpya saḥ | yathāproktaṃ dvijaśreṣṭhaś cakāra sakalāḥ kriyāḥ ||

Translation

やがて瞬く間に彼は自宅に着き、かの優れたバラモンは定められたとおりに一切の儀礼を寸分違わず執り行った。

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक (temporal/sequence adverb)

• क्षणेन: in a moment; within an instant
• क्षणेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case/instrumental), एकवचन

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• तदा: at that time
• तदा: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• निज-गेहम्: his own house
• निज-गेहम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निज (प्रातिपदिक) + गेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (निजं गेहम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• अवाप्य: having reached
• अवाप्य: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); ‘having reached/obtained’

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• यथा-प्रोक्तम्: as instructed; as said
• यथा-प्रोक्तम्: Prakāra (प्रकार/ manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + प्रोक्त (कृदन्त, √वच्)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (adverbial)

• द्विज-श्रेष्ठः: the best of the twice-born (brahmin)
• द्विज-श्रेष्ठः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (द्विजानां श्रेष्ठः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• चकार: did; performed
• चकार: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• सकलाः: all
• सकलाः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying क्रियाः)

• क्रियाः: rites; actions
• क्रियाः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), बहुवचन

Speakers

• Markandeya (narration)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Orthopraxy (doing rites as enjoined)
• Householder duties
• Dharma despite inner disturbance

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Even when the mind is affected, dharma is upheld through disciplined action—‘yathāproktam’ emphasizes fidelity to injunctions as a stabilizing force.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ācāra/dharma instruction within story; not pañcalakṣaṇa.

What is the esoteric significance?

Ritual ‘kriyā’ can be read as a technology for re-centering: prescribed acts regulate prāṇa and attention, counterbalancing agitation from desire.