Shloka 60

कालनिर्णयः, युगधर्मवर्णनम्, सृष्टिक्रमश्च

Time-Reckoning, Yuga-Dharma, and the Sequence of Creation

Devanagari script

मैवं शक्र पुनः कार्षी: शान्तो भवितुम्हसि । त्वामप्येवंविध॑ ज्ञात्वा क्षिप्रमन्‍्यं गमिष्यति

Transliteration

maivaṁ śakra punaḥ kārṣīḥ śānto bhavitum arhasi | tvām apy evaṁvidhaṁ jñātvā kṣipram anyaṁ gamiṣyati, śakra ||

Translation

ਹੇ ਸ਼ਕ੍ਰ! ਫਿਰ ਕਦੇ ਐਸਾ ਵਰਤਾਵ ਨਾ ਕਰੀਂ। ਤੈਨੂੰ ਸ਼ਾਂਤ ਹੋਣਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ। ਤੈਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਐਸੇ ਹੀ ਹਾਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਜਾਣ ਕੇ ਇਹ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ (ਲਕਸ਼ਮੀ) ਛੇਤੀ ਹੀ ਕਿਸੇ ਹੋਰ ਕੋਲ ਚਲੀ ਜਾਵੇਗੀ।

Word by Word

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा
• Form: Prohibitive particle (with injunctive/imperative sense)

• एवम्: thus, in this way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्
• Form: Adverb

• शक्र: O Śakra (Indra)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः
• Form: Adverb

• कार्षीः: you should do / do (in prohibition: do not do)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Aorist (injunctive/imperative-prohibitive usage), 2nd person, singular, parasmaipada

• शान्तः: calm, pacified
• शान्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्त
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• भवितुम्: to be, to become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Infinitive (tumun)

• अर्हसि: you ought / you deserve / you should
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: Present, 2nd person, singular, parasmaipada

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Accusative, singular

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि
• Form: Particle

• एवम्-विधम्: of such a kind, like this
• एवम्-विधम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एवम्-विध
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, accusative, singular (agreeing with त्वाम् by sense: 'such a one')

• ज्ञात्वा: having known/recognized
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा)

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षिप्र
• Form: Adverb (accusative used adverbially)

• अन्यम्: another (person)
• अन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, accusative, singular

• गमिष्यति: will go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Future, 3rd person, singular, parasmaipada

• शक्र: O Śakra
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

श॒क्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Lakṣmī/Śrī (Fortune, implied)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Prosperity is unstable and does not remain with one who is agitated, arrogant, or improperly behaved; therefore a ruler (even Indra) should cultivate calmness and self-restraint to be fit for Śrī (fortune).

What is happening in the narrative?

Śakra (Indra) is being admonished not to repeat a certain improper conduct and is urged to become calm; the speaker warns that Lakṣmī/Śrī, recognizing such a flawed state even in him, will swiftly leave and go to another.