Shloka 92

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

Sanskrit

यत्र पद्मपहापद्मौ सुरभिर्मोकाशिनी ।

वृषभैरावतौ यत्र कल्प्यन्ते तद्गृहं त्यज ॥

Transliteration

yatra padmapahāpadmau surabhir mokāśinī /

vṛṣabhairāvatau yatra kalpyante tadgṛhaṃ tyaja

Translation

പദ്മപഹാ, പദ്മം, സുരഭി, മോകാശിനി, വൃഷഭം, ഐരാവതം എന്നിവ നിമിത്തചിഹ്നങ്ങളായി സ്ഥാപിക്കപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നിടത്ത് ആ വീട് ഉപേക്ഷിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable relative adverb

• पद्मपहा-पद्मौ: Padmapahā and Padma (two named beings)
• पद्मपहा-पद्मौ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्मपहा + पद्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Dual (द्विवचन); द्वन्द्वः (इतरेतर): two beings ‘Padmapahā’ and ‘Padma’

• सुरभिः: Surabhi (name; the wish-cow)
• सुरभिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरभि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• मोकाशिनी: Mokāśinī (name/epithet)
• मोकाशिनी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मोकाशिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st), Singular; qualifies सुरभिः; (as name/epithet)

• वृषभ-ऐरावतौ: Vṛṣabha and Airāvata
• वृषभ-ऐरावतौ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभ + ऐरावत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Dual; द्वन्द्वः: Vṛṣabha and Airāvata (two named beings)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable relative adverb

• कल्प्यन्ते: are imagined/are set up/are supposed
• कल्प्यन्ते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कॢप् (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Passive voice (कर्मणि), 3rd person, Plural; Ātmanepada endings in passive

• तत्-गृहम्: that house
• तत्-गृहम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्-गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; तत्पुरुषः: तत् गृहम् (‘that house’)

• त्यज: abandon
• त्यज: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), 2nd person, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speakers

• Brahmā instructing a Yakṣa (reported by Mārkaṇḍeya)

Verse Rasa

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

Primary Deities

• Brahmā
• Indra (implicit via Airāvata)

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Auspiciousness
• Omenology (nimitta)
• Household conduct

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The instruction is pragmatic: avoid environments marked by persistent inauspicious signs. In purāṇic dharma, repeated ominous markers indicate disorder—material, social, or ritual.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Not pancalakṣaṇa; it belongs to dharma-anuśāsana and nimitta-śāstra style guidance embedded in narrative.

What is the esoteric significance?

Proper names here likely function as coded ‘classes’ of omens/entities known to the tradition. The deeper point: certain vibrational/psychic atmospheres (seen as beings/omens) are incompatible with sāttvika household life.