Shloka 26

Sukesha's Boon & Twelve Dharmas — Sukesha’s Boon, the Twelve Dharmas of Beings, and the Cosmography of the Seven Dvipas with the Twenty-One Hells

Devanagari script

परदारावमर्शित्वं पारक्येर्ऽथे च लोलुपा स्वाध्यायं त्र्यम्बके भक्तिर्धर्मो ऽयं राक्षसः स्मृतः

Transliteration

paradārāvamarśitvaṃ pārakyer'the ca lolupā svādhyāyaṃ tryambake bhaktirdharmo 'yaṃ rākṣasaḥ smṛtaḥ

Translation

परस्त्रीचा अपमान/भंग, परधनाची लोभलालसा; स्वाध्याय व त्र्यम्बक (शिव) भक्ती—हा राक्षसधर्म म्हणून स्मरणात आहे.

Word by Word

• परदार-अवमर्शित्वम्: touching/approaching others' wives
• परदार-अवमर्शित्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर + दार + अवमर्शित्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg)

• पारक्ये: in what belongs to another; in others' property
• पारक्ये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative singular)

• अर्थे: in the matter of wealth/interest
• अर्थे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• लोलुपा: greedy; covetous
• लोलुपा: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोलुप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nominative singular); विशेषण

• स्वाध्यायम्: self-study; recitation
• स्वाध्यायम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वाध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (masc nom/acc sg)

• त्र्यम्बके: in/unto Tryambaka (Śiva)
• त्र्यम्बके: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्र्यम्बक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative singular)

• भक्तिः: devotion
• भक्तिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• धर्मः: dharma
• धर्मः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• राक्षसः: rākṣasa-like; of the Rākṣasas
• राक्षसः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nominative singular); विशेषण (धर्मस्य)

• स्मृतः: is remembered/considered
• स्मृतः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (PPP used predicatively)

Speakers

• Not stated in the provided excerpt (likely Pulastya → Nārada in the wider frame; verify from context).

Primary Deities

• Śiva (Tryambaka)

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Ethics
• Shaivism
• Non-sectarian Purāṇic framing
• Mythic beings (Rākṣasa)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse juxtaposes adharma-markers (sexual transgression, covetousness) with orthodox markers (svādhyāya, bhakti). Read as typology, it warns that ritual learning and even devotion can coexist with moral failure—ethical restraint is not automatically guaranteed by religiosity.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is primarily dharma-śikṣā (ethical instruction) embedded in purāṇic narration, not one of the core five topics in itself. It functions as supporting didactic material (upabṛṃhaṇa) that often accompanies vamśa/manvantara narratives.

What is the symbolic significance?

Attributing “Tryambaka-bhakti” even to Rākṣasas reflects the Purāṇa’s broad theological ecology: Śiva is a devotion-focus across ontological tiers. Symbolically, it highlights that devotion without inner purification can be incomplete, and that cosmic orders contain mixed qualities.