Shloka 33

Adhyaya 26 — Madālasa Names Alarka and Reorients Him Toward Kshatriya Duty

Sanskrit

ऐहिकामुष्मिकफलं तत् सम्यक् प्रतिपादय ॥

Transliteration

aihikāmuṣmika-phalaṃ tat samyak pratipādaya //

Translation

അത് ശരിയായി സ്ഥാപിക്കൂ; അങ്ങനെ ചെയ്താൽ ഇഹലോകവും പരലോകവും എന്നിങ്ങനെ ഇരുവിധ ഫലവും ലഭിക്കും।

Word by Word

• ऐहिकामुष्मिकफलम्: the fruit here and hereafter
• ऐहिकामुष्मिकफलम्: कर्म (Karman/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐहिक (प्रातिपदिक) + आमुष्मिक (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन; समास: द्वन्द्व (ऐहिक + आमुष्मिक) ततः कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-सम्बन्धेन फलम् ('fruit of this-worldly and other-worldly [acts]')

• तत्: that
• तत्: कर्म (Karman/Object, apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन

• सम्यक्: properly / correctly
• सम्यक्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक अव्यय (adverb: properly)

• प्रतिपादय: explain / set forth
• प्रतिपादय: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति + पद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speakers

• Jaḍa to Madālasā

Key Themes

• Dharma and its fruits
• This-world/next-world balance
• Proper education and succession

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Purāṇic dharma is integrative: it seeks prosperity, stability, and ethical order here, while also securing merit and right destiny beyond death.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Dharma-upadeśa within Anucarita.

What is the esoteric significance?

The paired fruits (aihika/āmuṣmika) echo the two wings of spiritual life—outer order and inner trajectory—both requiring ‘right establishment’ (samyak-pratipatti).