Shloka 54

Adhyaya 3 — The Dharmapakshis’ Past-Life Curse and Indra’s Test of Truthfulness

Sanskrit

अद्यप्रभृति ते ज्ञानमैन्द्रं प्रादुर्भविष्यति ।

तपस्यथ तथा धर्मे न ते विघ्नो भविष्यति ॥

Transliteration

adyaprabhṛti te jñānam aindraṃ prādurbhaviṣyati | tapasyatha tathā dharme na te vighno bhaviṣyati ||

Translation

ഇന്നുമുതൽ നിനക്കുള്ളിൽ ഇന്ദ്രസദൃശമായ ദിവ്യജ്ഞാനം പ്രത്യക്ഷമാകും. തപസ്സു അനുഷ്ഠിച്ച് ധർമ്മത്തിൽ സ്ഥിരനായി നിലകൊൾ; നിനക്കൊരു വിഘ്നവും ഉണ്ടാകില്ല.

Word by Word

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• प्रभृति: from (this time) onward
• प्रभृति: अपादान (Apādāna)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादानार्थे/आरम्भार्थे (from, beginning with)

• ते: your/to you (of you)
• ते: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; (genitive singular)

• ज्ञानम्: knowledge
• ज्ञानम्: कर्ता (Karta)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/प्रथमा or 2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; (neuter sg)

• ऐन्द्रम्: Indra’s / pertaining to Indra
• ऐन्द्रम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऐन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (adjective agreeing with ज्ञानम्)

• प्रादुः: manifestly, forth
• प्रादुः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रादुः (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गसदृश-अव्यय (preverb-like indeclinable) used with √भू; अर्थः ‘प्रकटम्’ (manifestly)

• भविष्यति: will arise/come into being
• भविष्यति: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तपस्यथ: you (all) practice austerity
• तपस्यथ: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तपस् (धातु: तपस्/तपस्य्)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘तपः करोति’ (to practice austerity)

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb: thus/so)

• धर्मे: in dharma/righteousness
• धर्मे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; (locative singular)

• न: not
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• ते: for you / of you
• ते: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; (genitive singular)

• विघ्नः: obstacle
• विघ्नः: कर्ता (Karta)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speakers

• Unspecified in provided input (verse appears as a benedictory assurance within the frame dialogue tradition)

Verse Rasa

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

Primary Deities

• Indra (by epithet: aindra-jñāna)

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Tapas (austerity)
• Jñāna (spiritual knowledge)
• Removal of obstacles
• Benediction/boon

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Knowledge is presented as something that ‘manifests’ when one aligns conduct with dharma and disciplines oneself through tapas. Ethically, the verse links inner illumination (jñāna) with right living and sustained practice, and it reassures that steadfast dharmic effort reduces or neutralizes impediments (vighna).

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

This verse is not directly a sarga/pratisarga (creation), vamśa (genealogy), manvantara, or vamśānucarita (dynastic history) datum. It functions as a dharma-upadeśa/phalāśruti-style assurance within the narrative frame—adjacent to the Purāṇic didactic purpose rather than a core pañcalakṣaṇa category.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Aindra’ suggests a luminous, sovereignty-like clarity—Indra as a symbol of mastery over the senses and the ‘heaven’ of the mind. The promise that obstacles will not arise implies that when tapas and dharma stabilize intention, the inner ‘vighnas’ (distractions, doubts, karmic friction) lose their force, allowing insight to surface naturally.