Shloka 75

The Lakṣmī–Nārāyaṇa Vow Narrative

Puṣya Thursday Observance and the Ethics of Fortune

Devanagari script

इंदिरायास्तृतीयानि वासराणि गतान्यपि । चतुर्थवासरे तां तत्कारयामास सा दृढम्

Transliteration

iṃdirāyāstṛtīyāni vāsarāṇi gatānyapi | caturthavāsare tāṃ tatkārayāmāsa sā dṛḍham

Translation

ഇന്ദിരയുടെ മൂന്നാം ദിവസങ്ങളും കഴിഞ്ഞിട്ടും, നാലാം ദിവസം അവൾ അവളെ ആ കർമ്മം/വ്രതം ദൃഢമായി ചെയ്യിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• इन्दिरायाः: of Indirā (Lakṣmī)
• इन्दिरायाः: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्दिरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः (Feminine), षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• तृतीयानि: third (three)
• तृतीयानि: कर्म (Karma/Object) (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम् (ordinal adjective), नपुंसकलिङ्गः (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचनम् (Plural); ‘वासराणि’ इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• वासराणि: days
• वासराणि: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• गतानि: gone, elapsed
• गतानि: कर्म (Karma/Object) (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (क्त-प्रत्यय, कृदन्त) / ‘गत’ (प्रातिपदिकवत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्गः (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Nom/Acc), बहुवचनम् (Plural); ‘वासराणि’ इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• अपि: even, also
• अपि: निपात (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अप्यर्थक-अव्ययम् (particle: even/also)

• चतुर्थवासरे: on the fourth day
• चतुर्थवासरे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्थ + वासर (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः (Locative Tatpuruṣa: ‘चतुर्थे वासरे’), पुल्लिङ्गः (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), स्त्रीलिङ्गः (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• तत्: then, thereupon
• तत्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्गः (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम् (Singular); अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषणार्थे ‘तत्’ = ‘then/thereupon’ (contextual)

• कारयामास: caused (it) to be done, had (her) do
• कारयामास: क्रिया (Verb/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + णिच् → कारय (causative stem) + आमास (लिट्-परिप्रयोग)
• Form: णिजन्त-धातोः (Causative of √कृ), लिट्-लकारः (Perfect) परिप्रयोगः ‘-आमास’ (periphrastic perfect), परस्मैपदम् (Parasmaipada), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• सा: she
• सा: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), स्त्रीलिङ्गः (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• दृढम्: firmly, resolutely
• दृढम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्ययीभूतम् (adverbial accusative: firmly)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; explicit speaker not identifiable from the single pāda alone)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: vira

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: इंदिरायास्तृतीयानि → इन्दिरायाः + तृतीयानि; गतान्यपि → गतानि + अपि

Characters & Entities

• Indirā

FAQs

What does this verse indicate about timing in ritual or narrative actions?

It marks a sequence of days—after the ‘third’ days had passed, an action is made to occur on the fourth day—showing structured time-reckoning in the episode.

Who is the speaker in this verse?

From this isolated verse alone, the explicit speaker cannot be confirmed; it reads like third-person narration within the chapter’s ongoing dialogue/story.

What ethical or thematic emphasis appears here?

The emphasis is on resolve and follow-through: the action is carried out ‘firmly’ (dṛḍham), highlighting determination in completing a prescribed act or decision.