Shloka 67

Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions

Sanskrit

तां तथैव बुधः कुर्यात् लोकवादान्न हापयेत् ।

तेषान्तत्करणान्नॄणां युक्तो दुष्टागमक्षयः ॥

Transliteration

tāṃ tathaiva budhaḥ kuryāt lokavādān na hāpayet / teṣāṃ tatkaraṇān nṝṇāṃ yukto duṣṭāgamakṣayaḥ //

Translation

അതുപോലെ ജ്ഞാനി യഥോചിതമായി പ്രവർത്തിക്കണം; ലോകവാദങ്ങളെ അവഗണിക്കരുത്. അവ അനുസരിച്ച് പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്നവർക്ക് വരാനിരിക്കുന്ന ദുഃഖം യഥാവിധി നശിക്കുകയോ ശമിക്കുകയോ ചെയ്യും.

Word by Word

• tām: that (śānti/that act)
• tām: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Acc. 2), एकवचन (sg.)

• tathā: thus
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: रीति-अव्यय (adverb: 'thus')

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

• budhaḥ: the wise man
• budhaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: budha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg.)

• kuryāt: should do
• kuryāt: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (sg.), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada)

• loka-vādān: public portents/rumours
• loka-vādān: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक) + vāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Acc. 2), बहुवचन (pl.); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• hāpayet: should cause to be abandoned/should discard
• hāpayet: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √hā (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (sg.), परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative): 'cause to abandon/remove'

• teṣām: of those
• teṣām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (m./n.), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Gen. 6), बहुवचन (pl.)

• tat-karaṇāt: from doing that/by that performance
• tat-karaṇāt: Hetu/Apadana (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + karaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Abl. 5), एकवचन (sg.); तत्पुरुषः: 'तस्य करणात्'

• nṝṇām: of men/people
• nṝṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Gen. 6), बहुवचन (pl.)

• yuktaḥ: is ensured/ensues
• yuktaḥ: Kriya-anvaya (क्रियान्वय/predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √yuj (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg.); 'युक्तः' = 'connected/ensues'

• duṣṭa-āgama-kṣayaḥ: destruction of evil occurrences/inauspicious arrivals
• duṣṭa-āgama-kṣayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + āgama (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg.); बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः: 'दुष्टानाम् आगमानां क्षयः'

Speakers

• Not explicit in provided excerpt

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Dharma
• Prudence
• Omens
• Preventive ritual/ethics

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The text recommends responsible attentiveness: do not ignore collective warning-signs; respond with corrective conduct and rites to reduce harm.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ethical-ritual guidance (ācāra/śānti) supporting dharma; not a direct pancalakṣaṇa category.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Lokavāda’ can be read as signals from the collective psyche; wise attention and right action prevent the ‘arrival’ (āgama) of destructive patterns.