Shloka 11

Adhyaya 34 — Madālāsā’s Instruction on Sadācāra (Householder Conduct, Purity, and Daily Rites)

Sanskrit

पादेनार्थस्य पारत्र्यं कुर्यात् सञ्चयमात्मवान् ।

अर्धेन चात्मभरणं नित्यनैमित्तिकान्वितम् ॥

Transliteration

pādenārthasya pāratryaṃ kuryāt sañcayam ātmavān | ardhena cātmabharaṇaṃ nityanaimittikānvitam ||

Translation

ସଂୟମୀ ପୁରୁଷ ନିଜ ଧନର ଚତୁର୍ଥାଂଶ ପରଲୋକ ପାଇଁ ପୁଣ୍ୟୋପକରଣରେ (ଦାନାଦିରେ) ବ୍ୟବସ୍ଥା କରି ସଞ୍ଚୟ କରିବା ଉଚିତ। ଅର୍ଧାଂଶରେ ନିଜ ଓ ପରିବାରର ପୋଷଣ କରି, ନିତ୍ୟ-ନୈମିତ୍ତିକ କର୍ତ୍ତବ୍ୟ ମଧ୍ୟ ପାଳନ କରିବା ଉଚିତ।

Word by Word

• pādena: with one quarter (portion)
• pādena: Karana (करण/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन); ‘by a quarter/one part’

• arthasya: of wealth
• arthasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)

• pāratryam: (provision) for the next world
• pāratryam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāratrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• kuryāt: should do, should make
• kuryāt: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ) (धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• sañcayam: accumulation, saving
• sañcayam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sañcaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); apposition/explanatory to pāratryam

• ātmavān: self-controlled, prudent
• ātmavān: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ātma-vat (प्रातिपदिक; आत्मन् + वत्)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• ardhena: with half (portion)
• ardhena: Karana (करण/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ardha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन); ‘with half’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय-निपात)

• ātma-bharaṇam: support/maintenance of oneself (and family)
• ātma-bharaṇam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātma-bharaṇa (प्रातिपदिक; आत्मन् + भरण)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• nitya-naimittika-anvitam: accompanied by daily and occasional rites
• nitya-naimittika-anvitam: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nitya + naimittika + anvita (प्रातिपदिक; नित्य + नैमित्तिक + अन्वित)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); qualifies ātma-bharaṇam; ‘endowed with daily and occasional (duties)’

Speakers

• Didactic voice within gṛhastha instruction

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Gṛhastha-dharma
• Wealth management
• Nitya-naimittika karma
• Dāna/merit (implied)

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Economic life is moralized: wealth is to be apportioned for (1) merit/afterlife-oriented duties, and (2) responsible sustenance that includes obligatory rites—thus disciplining consumption through dharma.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Normative gṛhastha guidance; outside the pañcalakṣaṇa narrative categories.

What is the esoteric significance?

The ‘partition of artha’ symbolizes ordering of desire: when resources are ritually and ethically budgeted, the mind’s acquisitive impulses are contained and redirected.