Shloka 26

Adhyaya 23 — Ashvatara’s Vow for Madalasa and the Bestowal of Musical Science by Sarasvati

Sanskrit

आरभेत नरः कर्म स्वपौरुषमहापयन् ।

निष्पत्तिः कर्मणो दैवे पौरुषे च व्यवस्थिताः ॥

Transliteration

ārabheta naraḥ karma sva-pauruṣam ahāpayan | niṣpattiḥ karmaṇo daive pauruṣe ca vyavasthitā ||

Translation

മനുഷ്യൻ തന്റെ പരിശ്രമം ഉപേക്ഷിക്കാതെ പ്രവർത്തി ആരംഭിക്കണം. പ്രവർത്തിസിദ്ധി ദൈവവും മനുഷ്യപ്രയത്നവും—ഇരുവരിലും സ്ഥാപിതമാണ്.

Word by Word

• आरभेत: should begin
• आरभेत: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-रभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• नरः: a man/person
• नरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कर्म: work
• कर्म: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्वपौरुषम्: one's own effort/valor
• स्वपौरुषम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व-पौरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (स्वस्य पौरुषम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आहापयन्: not giving up (causing to be abandoned)
• आहापयन्: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-हापय् (धातु; causative of हा)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ), प्रथमा, पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषण-भावे (while not abandoning)

• निष्पत्तिः: accomplishment/result
• निष्पत्तिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निष्पत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कर्मणः: of the work
• कर्मणः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• दैवे: in fate/divine dispensation
• दैवे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• पौरुषे: in human effort
• पौरुषे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• व्यवस्थिताः: are established/are dependent
• व्यवस्थिताः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-अव-स्था (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), प्रथमा, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, बहुवचन; ‘निष्पत्तयः’ इति अध्याहार्यं (implied plural subject)

Speakers

• Nāgarāṭ Aśvatara

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Puruṣakāra and Daiva
• Karma theory
• Practical dharma

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The Purāṇic middle path: neither fatalism nor egoistic self-sufficiency. One must act fully; results mature through a conjunction of effort and providential order.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Didactic teaching within narrative (Ākhyāna/Upadeśa); not directly sarga etc.

What is the esoteric significance?

Daiva can be read as the unseen karmic momentum and cosmic timing; pauruṣa is present-moment sādhana. Siddhi arises when both align.