Shloka 50

Adhyaya 18 — Arjuna Declines the Throne; Garga Directs Him to Dattatreya; The Gods Defeat the Daityas through Dattatreya’s Vision and the Movement of Lakshmi

Sanskrit

कलत्रञ्च गुह्यसंस्था क्रोडस्था पत्यदायिनी ।

मनोरथान् पूरयति पुरुषाणां हृदि स्थिता ॥

Transliteration

kalātrañ ca guhyasaṃsthā kroḍasthā patyadāyinī / manorathān pūrayati puruṣāṇāṃ hṛdi sthitā

Translation

«လျှို့ဝှက်အင်္ဂါ၌ တည်ရှိသော် ဇနီးကို ပေးတော်မူ၏။ ခါး/ပေါင်ပေါ်၌ တည်ရှိသော် ခင်ပွန်းကို ပေးတော်မူ၏။ နှလုံး၌ တည်ရှိသော် လူတို့၏ ဆန္ဒကို ပြည့်စုံစေတော်မူ၏»။

Word by Word

• kalatram: wife/spouse
• kalatram: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalatra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Acc.), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)

• guhyasaṃsthā: situated in the secret parts
• guhyasaṃsthā: Karta-anvaya (predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: guhya + saṃsthā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nom.), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (lakṣmīḥ implied)

• kroḍasthā: situated in the lap
• kroḍasthā: Karta-anvaya
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kroḍa + sthā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• patyadāyinī: bestowing a husband
• patyadāyinī: Karta-anvaya
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pati + dāyinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (lakṣmīḥ)

• manorathān: desires/wishes
• manorathān: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manoratha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Acc.), बहुवचन (Plural)

• pūrayati: fulfils
• pūrayati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pṝ (धातु; पूरयति-णिच्)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: ‘causes to be full/fulfils’)

• puruṣāṇām: of men/persons
• puruṣāṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Gen.), बहुवचन

• hṛdi: in the heart
• hṛdi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛd (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Loc.), एकवचन

• sthitā: situated
• sthitā: Karta-anvaya
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √sthā (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (lakṣmīḥ)

Speakers

• Dattātreya to Devas

Verse Rasa

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

Primary Deities

• Dattātreya
• Lakṣmī

Shakti Aspects

• Śrī/Lakṣmī

Key Themes

• Householder dharma
• Marriage and social flourishing
• Inner disposition and fortune

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Fortune is linked to relational and inner harmony: conjugal wellbeing and the fulfillment of aims are presented as Lakṣmī’s gifts when life-force and heart are ordered.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ethical-social instruction (gṛhastha-oriented) embedded in dialogue; not a genealogical or manvantara catalogue.

What is the esoteric significance?

The ‘secret parts’ and ‘heart’ symbolize creative power and intention; Lakṣmī here signifies auspicious alignment of desire (kāma) with inner purity (hṛdaya).