Shloka 66

Adhyaya 7 — Fall of Vasu

Sanskrit

न दारसंग्रहश्चैव भविता न च मत्सरः ।

कामक्रोधविनिर्मुक्ता भविष्यथ सुराः पुनः ॥

Transliteration

na dārasaṃgrahaś caiva bhavitā na ca matsaraḥ |

kāmakrodhavinirmuktā bhaviṣyatha surāḥ punaḥ ||

Translation

“ഭാര്യകളെ സ്വീകരിക്കലോ ശേഖരിക്കലോ ഉണ്ടാകില്ല; അസൂയയും ഉണ്ടാകില്ല. കാമവും ക്രോധവും വിട്ടുമാറി നിങ്ങൾ ദേവന്മാർ വീണ്ടും ദേവത്വം പ്രാപിക്കും.”

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: सम्बन्ध/निपात (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• दार-संग्रहः: taking/keeping wives (marriage)
• दार-संग्रहः: कर्ता/विधेय (Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दार (प्रातिपदिक) + संग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (दाराणां संग्रहः)

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसंयोजक (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (and)

• एव: at all
• एव: सम्बन्ध/निपात (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (indeed/at all)

• भविता: will be
• भविता: क्रियाविधेय (Predicate: will be)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (धातु) → भवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन; कर्तरि-नाम (agent noun: one that will be)

• न: nor
• न: सम्बन्ध/निपात (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसंयोजक (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (and)

• मत्सरः: envy
• मत्सरः: कर्ता/विधेय (Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन

• काम-क्रोध-विनिर्मुक्ताः: freed from desire and anger
• काम-क्रोध-विनिर्मुक्ताः: विशेषण (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक) + क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक) + विनिर्मुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (कामक्रोधाभ्यां विनिर्मुक्ताः)

• भविष्यथ: you will become
• भविष्यथ: क्रिया (Verb/आख्यात)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future); मध्यमपुरुष; बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुराः: gods
• सुराः: कर्ता (Karta/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्तिवाचक अव्यय (again)

Speakers

• Not specified in input (requires surrounding verses to identify the narrator/speaker reliably)

Verse Rasa

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Primary Deities

• Devas (surāḥ)

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Ethical self-restraint
• Purification from passions (kāma-krodha)
• Restoration of divine order

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Divinity is portrayed as an ethical condition: when envy (matsara) and the twin inner enemies—desire and anger (kāma-krodha)—are removed, one ‘becomes a deva again.’ The verse also condemns possessive or excessive sexual appropriation (dārasaṃgraha) as a symptom of fallen conduct, implying that self-restraint and non-enviousness restore harmony and higher status.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

This verse aligns most naturally with Vaṃśānucarita / Carita (conduct and exemplary moral instruction within narrative history), rather than Sarga/Pratisarga. It functions as dharmic-ethical teaching embedded in the Purana’s narrative frame, describing the moral conditions under which the devas regain their proper state.

What is the esoteric significance?

Kāma and krodha are classic ‘inner adversaries’ that fracture consciousness; matsara is the comparative poison that arises from egoic separation. ‘Becoming devas again’ can be read as restoring sattva—clarity, order, and luminous intelligence—whereas dārasaṃgraha symbolizes grasping/appropriation. The verse thus encodes an inner alchemy: relinquish grasping and rivalry to recover the luminous (sura) condition.