Shloka 55

Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata

Sanskrit

भर्तृशुश्रूषणादेव मया प्राप्तं महत्फलम् ।

सर्वकामफलावाप्त्या प्रत्यूहाः परिवर्तिताः ॥

Transliteration

bhartṛ-śuśrūṣaṇād eva mayā prāptaṃ mahat phalam | sarva-kāma-phala-āvāptyā pratyūhāḥ parivartitāḥ ||

Translation

ഭർത്തൃസേവയാൽ മാത്രമേ ഞാൻ മഹത്തായ ഫലം നേടിയുള്ളൂ; എല്ലാ ആഗ്രഹഫലങ്ങളും ലഭിച്ചതിനാൽ വിഘ്നങ്ങൾ നീങ്ങി മാറി.

Word by Word

• भर्तृशुश्रूषणात्: from serving (my) husband
• भर्तृशुश्रूषणात्: Hetu/Apadana (हेतु/अपादान: cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक) + शुश्रूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (husband’s service); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Nipata (निपात/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis/only)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (करण/Agent-instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; स्त्री/पुं (प्रयोगे), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्राप्तम्: obtained
• प्राप्तम्: Karma (कर्म/Object-qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्राप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘फलम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karma (कर्म/Object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘फलम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (कर्म/Result as object of ‘obtained’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्वकामफलावाप्त्या: through attaining the fruits of all desires
• सर्वकामफलावाप्त्या: Hetu/Karana (हेतु/करण: by means of/through)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + काम (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक) + अवाप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहु-तत्पुरुष (determinative chain: attainment of fruits of all desires); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• प्रत्यूहाः: obstacles
• प्रत्यूहाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रत्यूह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• परिवर्तिताः: were turned away/changed
• परिवर्तिताः: Kriya (क्रिया: predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-वृत्/वर्त् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘प्रत्यूहाः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speakers

• The lady (as exemplar) speaking within Anasūyā’s dharma-discourse

Verse Rasa

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

Key Themes

• Karma-phala
• Dharma
• Householder merit
• Pativratā efficacy

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The text presents disciplined relational duty as a potent sādhanā producing both worldly fulfillment and the pacification of impediments—an ethic of steadfast service yielding karmic clarity.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Didactic dharma material; not directly sarga/pratisarga/manvantara, but typical of Purāṇic instruction inserted into narrative (vaṃśānucarita milieu).

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Obstacles reversing’ suggests inner vighna-nivṛtti: when egoistic friction (rāga-dveṣa) is reduced through service, life’s ‘pratyūhas’ lose force.