Shloka 54

Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions

Sanskrit

विद्यानां तपसाञ्चैव संयमस्य यमस्य च ।

कृष्यां वाणिज्यलाभे च शान्तिं कुर्वन्तु मे सदा ॥

Transliteration

vidyānāṃ tapasāṃ caiva saṃyamasya yamasya ca |

kṛṣyāṃ vāṇijya-lābhe ca śāntiṃ kurvantu me sadā ||

Translation

അധ്യയനത്തിൽ, തപസ്സിൽ, നിയമ-സംയമത്തിൽ, കൂടാതെ കൃഷിയിലും വ്യാപാരലാഭങ്ങളിലും അവർ എപ്പോഴും എനിക്ക് ശാന്തിയും ക്ഷേമവും നൽകട്ടെ.

Word by Word

• vidyānām: of knowledges/learning
• vidyānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Plural

• tapasām: of austerities
• tapasām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Plural

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction particle (समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (अवधारण अव्यय)

• saṃyamasya: of restraint/self-control
• saṃyamasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃyama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular

• yamasya: of Yama / of discipline
• yamasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction particle (समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय)

• kṛṣyām: in agriculture
• kṛṣyām: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular

• vāṇijya-lābhe: in profit from trade
• vāṇijya-lābhe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāṇijya (प्रातिपदिक) + lābha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (vāṇijyasya lābhaḥ)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction particle (समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय)

• śāntim: peace/pacification
• śāntim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śānti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular

• kurvantu: let them do/bring about
• kurvantu: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ, धातु)
• Form: Loṭ-lakāra (आज्ञार्थ), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Plural; parasmaipada

• me: for me / my
• me: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular; सर्वनाम

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kāla (कालाधिकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (कालवाचक अव्यय)

Speakers

• Prayer-form instruction within the śānti section (speaker not specified in excerpt)

Verse Rasa

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

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Householder welfare
• Education and discipline
• Livelihood (kṛṣi, vāṇijya)
• Obstacle-removal through śānti

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Purāṇic dharma integrates spiritual pursuits (vidyā, tapas, restraint) with worldly duties (farming, trade), treating both as arenas where order (śānti) must be maintained through disciplined living.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Ācāra/Dharma supplement—practical guidance for living within the cosmic order described by the Pancalakṣaṇa narratives.

What is the esoteric significance?

The pairing of inner disciplines (saṃyama/yama) with outer prosperity (lābha) implies that external success is stabilized by internal ethical coherence; ‘śānti’ is the harmonizing principle between inner and outer life.