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Shloka 21

Gṛhastha Livelihood, Āpad-dharma, and Sacrificial Stewardship of Wealth

Devanagari script

योर्ऽथो धर्माय नात्मार्थः सोर्ऽथो ऽनर्थस्तथेतरः / तस्मादर्थं समासाद्य दद्याद् वै जुहुयाद् यजेत्

Transliteration

yor'tho dharmāya nātmārthaḥ sor'tho 'narthastathetaraḥ / tasmādarthaṃ samāsādya dadyād vai juhuyād yajet

Translation

Богатство, добытое ради Дхармы, а не ради одной лишь личной выгоды, поистине есть «богатство»; но богатство, ищущееся только для себя, становится несчастьем. Потому, обретя средства, следует раздавать милостыню, приносить возлияния в огонь и совершать жертвоприношение (яджню).

Word by Word
योःof whom (of those two / of those)
योः:
Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, षष्ठी/सप्तमी-विभक्ति (6th/7th; here genitive ‘of whom’), द्विवचन
अर्थःwealth/purpose
अर्थः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
धर्मायfor dharma
धर्माय:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन
नnot
न:
Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय (negation)
आत्म-अर्थःself-interest
आत्म-अर्थः:
Vidhēya (विधेय/predicate)
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: ‘आत्मनः अर्थः’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
सःthat (he/it)
सः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
अर्थःwealth/purpose
अर्थः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
अनर्थःharm, misfortune
अनर्थः:
Vidhēya (विधेय/predicate)
TypeNoun
Rootअनर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-नाम
तथाthus
तथा:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formरीति/प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: ‘thus/so’)
इतरःthe other (kind)
इतरः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootइतर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (understood: ‘अर्थः’)
तस्मात्therefore
तस्मात्:
Hetu/Apadana (हेतु/अपादान)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतस्मात् इति तद्धित-निपातवत् प्रयोगः; अपादानार्थे अव्ययीभाववत् (indeclinable in sense ‘therefore/from that’)
अर्थम्wealth
अर्थम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
समासाद्यhaving obtained/approached
समासाद्य:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-आ-√सद् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय-भाव; ‘having approached/obtained’
दद्यात्should give
दद्यात्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√दा (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
वैindeed
वै:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formनिश्चयार्थक/खल्वर्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)
जुहुयात्should offer (into fire)
जुहुयात्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√हु (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
यजेत्should sacrifice/worship
यजेत्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√यज् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
Speaker

Traditional narration within the Kurma Purana’s dharma-teaching section (speaker not explicitly specified in the provided excerpt; presented as authoritative puranic instruction aligned with Lord Kurma’s dharmic counsel).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: vira

FAQs

It warns against treating the self (ātma) as the sole end of wealth; artha becomes meaningful only when subordinated to Dharma, implying that true well-being is aligned with a higher spiritual-ethical order rather than egoic self-interest.

Rather than meditation techniques, the verse emphasizes karma-yoga in a puranic frame: purifying action through dāna (charity), homa/juhoti (fire-offerings), and yajña (sacrificial worship), which disciplines desire and reorients artha toward Dharma.

This verse is primarily ethical and ritual, not sectarian; it reflects the Kurma Purana’s integrative stance where dharmic action (yajña, homa, dāna) is upheld as universally purifying across Shaiva-Vaishnava practice.

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