Shloka 77

Adhyaya 50 — Mind-Born Progeny, Svayambhuva Manu’s Lineage, and Brahmā’s Ordinance to Duḥsaha (Alakṣmī’s Retinue)

Sanskrit

दानेज्या-द्विजशुश्रूषा-तत्परं यक्ष ! सन्त्यज ।

शूद्रञ्च ब्राह्मणादीनां शुश्रूषावृत्तिपोषकम् ॥

Transliteration

dānejyā-dvija-śuśrūṣā-tatparaṃ yakṣa! santyaja | śūdraṃ ca brāhmaṇādīnāṃ śuśrūṣā-vṛtti-poṣakam ||

Translation

ഹേ യക്ഷാ! ദാനം, പൂജ, ദ്വിജസേവ എന്നിവയിൽ ഭക്തനായി, ബ്രാഹ്മണാദികളുടെ സേവനത്തിലൂടെ ജീവിക്കുന്ന ശൂദ്രനെയും പൂർണ്ണമായി ഒഴിവാക്കുക।

Word by Word

• dāna-ijyā-dvija-śuśrūṣā-tatparam: devoted to giving, worship, and service of the twice-born
• dāna-ijyā-dvija-śuśrūṣā-tatparam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dāna (प्रातिपदिक) + ijyā (प्रातिपदिक) + dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + śuśrūṣā (प्रातिपदिक) + tatpara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; तत्पुरुष-समासः — ‘दाने, इज्यायां, द्विजशुश्रूषायां च तत्परः’ (devoted to giving, worship, and service of the twice-born)

• yakṣa: O Yaksha!
• yakṣa: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular

• santyaja: completely abandon
• santyaja: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√tyaj (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ-lakāra (Imperative), Parasmaipada, Madhyama-puruṣa, Singular; उपसर्गः ‘sam-’

• śūdram: a Shudra
• śūdram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śūdra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction

• brāhmaṇa-ādīnām: of Brahmins and others
• brāhmaṇa-ādīnām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural; तत्पुरुषः — ‘ब्राह्मणादयः’ (Brahmins and others)

• śuśrūṣā-vṛtti-poṣakam: one maintained by service as a livelihood
• śuśrūṣā-vṛtti-poṣakam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuśrūṣā (प्रातिपदिक) + vṛtti (प्रातिपदिक) + poṣaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; तत्पुरुष-समासः — ‘शुश्रूषा एव वृत्तिः, तया पोषकः’ / ‘शुश्रूषावृत्त्या पोषकः’ (one who is maintained by the livelihood of service)

Speakers

• Dharma-instructor addressing a Yakṣa (didactic counsel within the Purāṇic dialogue frame)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Dharma
• Varṇāśrama duties
• Service (śuśrūṣā)
• Worship (ijyā)

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Devotion expressed through service, worship, and giving is affirmed as spiritually efficacious regardless of social role; such sattvic conduct is said to repel afflictive beings.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Dharma instruction (ācāra) rather than pancalakṣaṇa cosmology or dynastic history.

What is the esoteric significance?

Śuśrūṣā is treated as tapas in action: humility and devotion generate protective merit that obstructs negative entities.