Shloka 2

Adhyaya 19 — Dama's Teaching

Sanskrit

पादसंवाहनाद्येन मध्वाद्याहरणेन च ।

स्रक्चन्दनादिगन्धाम्बुफलाद्यनयनेन च ॥

Transliteration

pādasaṃvāhanādyena madhv-ādyāharaṇena ca / strakcandanādigaṅdhāmbu-phalādy-anayanena ca

Translation

ಪಾದಸಂವಾಹನ ಮುಂತಾದ ಸೇವೆಗಳ ಮೂಲಕ, ಜೇನು ಮೊದಲಾದ ಉಪಹಾರಗಳನ್ನು ತಂದು, ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಹಾರಗಳು, ಚಂದನ, ಸುಗಂಧ ದ್ರವ್ಯ, ನೀರು, ಹಣ್ಣುಗಳು ಇತ್ಯಾದಿಗಳನ್ನು ತಂದು—ಅವನು ಅವರನ್ನು ಪರಿಚರಿಸಿದನು।

Word by Word

• पादसंवाहनाद्येन: by foot-massage and the like
• पादसंवाहनाद्येन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda-saṃvāhana-ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: पाद + संवाहन (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘massage of feet’) + आदि (ending with etc.); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• मधु-आदि-आहरणेन: by bringing honey and other (items)
• मधु-आदि-आहरणेन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhu-ādi-āharaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: मधु + आदि + आहरण (तत्पुरुष ‘bringing honey etc.’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन

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

• स्रक्-चन्दन-आदि-गन्ध-अम्बु-फल-आदि-अनयनेन: by bringing garlands, sandal, perfumes, water, fruits, etc.
• स्रक्-चन्दन-आदि-गन्ध-अम्बु-फल-आदि-अनयनेन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: srak-candana-ādi-gandha-ambu-phala-ādi-anayana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास (समाहार-द्वन्द्व/बहुपदसमास): स्रक् + चन्दन + आदि + गन्ध + अम्बु + फल + आदि (items) + अनयन (‘bringing’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन

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

Speakers

• Narrator

Primary Deities

• Dattātreya

Shakti Aspects

• Not explicit

Key Themes

• Hospitality
• Guru-sevā
• Dharma of honoring guests/sages
• Ritual offerings

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

True reverence is enacted through concrete service and thoughtful offerings; devotion is operationalized as care, not merely praise.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Not cosmological; it is dharma-illustrative narrative embedded within royal genealogy-style storytelling (vaṃśānucarita context).

What is the esoteric significance?

The listed offerings also map to purification of senses and ego: touch (feet service), taste (honey), smell (fragrance), sight (garlands), and sustenance (fruit/water)—a totalizing surrender of personal comfort to the guru-principle.