Shloka 7

Adhyaya 36 — Madalasa’s Final Counsel and the Renunciation of King Ritadhvaja

Sanskrit

भवेतत्कुर्वतो राज्यं गृहधर्मावलम्बिनः ।

दुःखायतनभूतो हि ममत्वालम्बनो गृही ॥

Transliteration

bhavettat kurvato rājyaṃ gṛhadharmāvalambinaḥ | duḥkhāyatanabhūto hi mamatvālambano gṛhī

Translation

ଏପରି ଦୁଃଖ ଗୃହସ୍ଥଧର୍ମର କର୍ତ୍ତବ୍ୟ ଓ ଆସକ୍ତିକୁ ଧରି ରାଜ୍ୟ ପାଳନ କରୁଥିବା ଲୋକଙ୍କୁ ହୁଏ; କାରଣ ‘ମମତ୍ୱ’ ଉପରେ ଭିତ୍ତି କରିଥିବା ଗୃହସ୍ଥଜୀବନ ସତ୍ୟସତ୍ୟ ଶୋକର ଆସନ ହୋଇଯାଏ।

Word by Word

• भवेत्: would become/is
• भवेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लोट्/विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; ‘would be/comes to be’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; निर्देश (that)

• कुर्वतः: of (one) doing/engaged in
• कुर्वतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘of one who does’

• राज्यम्: kingdom/royal power
• राज्यम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• गृह: house/home
• गृह: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग

• धर्म: duty/law
• धर्म: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग

• अवलम्बिनः: of one who clings to/depends on
• अवलम्बिनः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ava+√lamb (धातु)
• Form: णिनि-प्रत्ययान्त (agent noun/adjective ‘one who relies on’), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; समासे ‘गृहधर्म-अवलम्बिन्’

• दुःख: sorrow
• दुःख: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग

• आयतन: abode/seat
• आयतन: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āyatana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग

• भूतः: become
• भूतः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having become’ (predicate)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थक/निश्चयार्थक-निपात (indeed/for)

• ममत्व: sense of ‘mine’/possessiveness
• ममत्व: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mamatva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग

• आलम्बनः: having as support/based on
• आलम्बनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā+√lamb (धातु)
• Form: ल्युट्/घञ्-प्रत्ययान्त-प्रातिपदिक ‘ālambana’ (support), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासे ‘ममत्व-आलम्बन’

• गृही: householder
• गृही: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛhin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; इन्-प्रत्ययान्त (householder)

Speakers

• Madālasā

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Gṛhastha critique (attachment-based)
• Mamatva (possessiveness)
• Rajadharma vs. renunciation
• Vairāgya

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The warning is not against gṛhastha-dharma itself, but against possessive identification (‘mamatva’) while wielding power; attachment turns both home and kingdom into engines of anxiety.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Vaṃśānucarita with a strong dharma-śikṣā (ethical instruction) layer; it functions as normative guidance within the lineage narrative.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Mamatva’ is treated as the subtle knot binding the self to saṃsāra; loosening possessiveness is presented as the inner coronation of wisdom.