Shloka 79

Adhyaya 49 — Primordial Human Creation, the Rise of Desire, and the Origins of Settlements, Measures, and Agriculture

Sanskrit

अष्टाशीति सहस्राणामृषीणामूर्ध्वरेतसाम् ।

स्मृतं तेषान्तु यत् स्थानं तदेव गुरुवासिनाम् ॥

Transliteration

aṣṭāśīti-sahasrāṇām ṛṣīṇām ūrdhva-retasām | smṛtaṃ teṣāṃ tu yat sthānaṃ tad eva guru-vāsinām ||

Translation

သုက္ကရည်ကို အထက်သို့ ထိန်းသိမ်းသော (ဥဒ္ဓ္ဝရေတစ်—သန့်ရှင်းသော ဗြဟ္မစရိယ) ဥပုသ်သမား ရှင်သန်သူ ရှင်တော် ၈၈,၀၀၀ ဦးအတွက် ကြေညာထားသော နေရာတော်—ထိုနေရာတော်တည်းကိုပင် မိမိဆရာနှင့်အတူ နေထိုင်၍ ဆရာကို ဝတ်ပြုထမ်းဆောင်သူတို့အတွက်လည်း ကြေညာထားသည်။

Word by Word

• अष्टाशीति: eighty-eight
• अष्टाशीति: Saṅkhyā-viśeṣaṇa (संख्या-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टाशीति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्द; here used with sahasrāṇām as numeral qualifier (indeclinable-like)

• सहस्राणाम्: of thousands
• सहस्राणाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• ऋषीणाम्: of sages
• ऋषीणाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• ऊर्ध्वरेतसाम्: of the celibate/continent (lit. upward-semen)
• ऊर्ध्वरेतसाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊर्ध्वरेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहि (ऊर्ध्वं रेतः यस्य) used substantively

• स्मृतम्: is said/remembered
• स्मृतम्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; pronoun

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध-बोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), contrast/emphasis

• यत्: which
• यत्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; relative pronoun

• स्थानम्: place/state
• स्थानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Anuvāda (अनुवाद/संदर्भ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध-बोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण (emphasis)

• गुरुवासिनाम्: of those dwelling with the teacher
• गुरुवासिनाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरुवासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (गुरौ वासिन्)

Speakers

• Not specified in the provided excerpt (within the Purāṇic discourse on dharma/afterlife)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Dharma
• Brahmacarya
• Guru-sevā
• Ascetic merit
• Karma and afterlife

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse equates the spiritual fruit of austere continence with devoted discipleship: disciplined self-restraint and sustained service to a realized teacher are both treated as high-yield paths of purification.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

This is dharma/ācāra instruction (conduct and its fruits), not a direct sarga/pratisarga or vaṃśa enumeration. Purāṇas often interleave such conduct-teachings alongside cosmological and genealogical material.

What is the esoteric significance?

“Ūrdhva-retas” implies sublimation of creative force into higher awareness; “guru-vāsa” implies transmission through proximity and obedience. Both point to transformation of desire into knowledge.