Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda, Shloka 73

Marks of the Debt-Bound/Enemy Son, Filial Dharma, Detachment, and the Durvāsā–Dharma Episode

Devanagari script

दंडहस्तः सुप्रसन्नः कमंडलुधरस्तथा । तवाग्रे ब्रह्मचर्योयं सोयं पश्य समागतः

Transliteration

daṃḍahastaḥ suprasannaḥ kamaṃḍaludharastathā | tavāgre brahmacaryoyaṃ soyaṃ paśya samāgataḥ

Translation

ହାତରେ ଦଣ୍ଡ ଧରି, ଅତ୍ୟନ୍ତ ପ୍ରସନ୍ନ, କମଣ୍ଡଳୁ ଧାରଣ କରି—ଏହି ବ୍ରହ୍ମଚାରୀ ଆପଣଙ୍କ ସମ୍ମୁଖରେ; ଦେଖନ୍ତୁ, ଏହିଜଣ ଏଠାକୁ ଆସିପହଞ୍ଚିଛନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• दण्डहस्तः: having a staff in hand
• दण्डहस्तः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + हस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीह्यर्थे विशेषण (दण्डः हस्ते यस्य)

• सुप्रसन्नः: very serene/pleased
• सुप्रसन्नः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + प्रसन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• कमण्डलुधरः: bearing a water-pot
• कमण्डलुधरः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कमण्डलु (प्रातिपदिक) + धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (कमण्डलुं धरति)

• तथा: also/thus
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (thus/also)

• तव: your
• तव: Sampradana/Relation (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अग्रे: in front (of you)
• अग्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययवत्; देशवाचक (in front)

• ब्रह्मचर्यः: a brahmacārin (celibate student)
• ब्रह्मचर्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Apposition (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अयम्: this (same one)
• अयम्: Apposition (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पश्य: see
• पश्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• समागतः: has arrived
• समागतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-गम् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘having come/arrived’

Speaker

Unspecified in provided excerpt (context needed to identify the exact speaker reliably).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: forest

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: तवाग्रे → तव + अग्रे; ब्रह्मचर्योयं → ब्रह्मचर्यः + अयम्; सोयं → सः + अयम्.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmacārin (celibate student/ascetic)

FAQs

What does the staff (daṇḍa) and water-pot (kamaṇḍalu) symbolize in this verse?

They are classic emblems of the disciplined brahmacārin/ascetic: self-control, simplicity, study, and a regulated life oriented toward dharma.

What is the main ethical message conveyed by this line?

It highlights reverence for a life of restraint and discipline, presenting the brahmacārin as a respected figure who arrives in a composed, virtuous manner.

Who is speaking in this shloka in the Padma Purana?

The excerpt alone does not specify the speaker; identifying it accurately requires the surrounding verses or the dialogue frame (e.g., which narrator and listener are in Adhyaya 12).