Shloka 24

Adhyaya 81 — Suratha and Samadhi Seek Sage Medhas; Introduction to Mahamaya and the Madhukaitabha Origin Account

Sanskrit

यैः सन्त्यज्य पितृस्नेहं धनलुब्धैर्निराकृतः ।

पतिस्वजनहार्दं च हार्दि तेष्वेव मे मनः ॥

Transliteration

yaiḥ santyajya pitṛ-snehaṃ dhana-lubdhair nirākṛtaḥ |

pati-svajana-hārdaṃ ca hārdi teṣv eva me manaḥ ||

Translation

「財に貪って私を捨てた者たち——子が父に捧ぐべき愛情さえ棄て——夫婦の情けも親族の慈しみも退けたというのに、私の心はなお彼らのみに寄りかかっているのです。」

Word by Word

• yaiḥ: by whom
• yaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); सम्बन्धवाचक (relative)

• santyajya: having abandoned
• santyajya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-tyaj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (Gerund/absolutive), 'having completely abandoned'

• pitṛ-sneham: paternal affection
• pitṛ-sneham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + sneha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: father's affection); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• dhana-lubdhaiḥ: by those greedy for wealth
• dhana-lubdhaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhana (प्रातिपदिक) + lubdha (कृदन्त, √lubh)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; 'greedy for wealth'

• nirākṛtaḥ: rejected/expelled
• nirākṛtaḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nir-ā-kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• pati-svajana-hārdam: affection of husband and relatives
• pati-svajana-hārdam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक) + svajana (प्रातिपदिक) + hārda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (समाहार/सम्बन्ध: affection of husband and kinsmen); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• hārdi: in affection / in the heart
• hārdi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hārdi (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोग; सप्तमी-अर्थे (locative sense) 'in the heart/affection'

• teṣu: in them / towards them
• teṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन

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

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचन (Gen./Dat. 6th/4th) enclitic; here genitive sense

• manaḥ: mind
• manaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speakers

• Samadhi (vaiśya) to Sage Medhas

Verse Rasa

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

Key Themes

• Family dharma breakdown
• Greed
• Attachment
• Suffering
• Psychology of clinging

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse critiques dharma’s erosion through greed, while also diagnosing attachment as irrational persistence: affection can remain even when reciprocity and duty are absent.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Frame-narrative (vaṃśānucarita-style human episode is minimal here), primarily a didactic setup rather than cosmological genealogy.

What is the esoteric significance?

The heart’s fixation on the undeserving illustrates Māyā’s binding power (āvaraṇa/ākṣepa): covering discernment and projecting compulsive attraction.