Shloka 11

Rules of Purity (Shauca) — Rules of Purity (Śauca), Permissible Foods, and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller

Devanagari script

उपावृत्तस्ततस्तस्माद् गृहस्थाश्रमकाम्यया असमानर्षिकुलजां कन्यामुद्वहेद् निशाचर

Transliteration

upāvṛttastatastasmād gṛhasthāśramakāmyayā asamānarṣikulajāṃ kanyāmudvahed niśācara

Translation

उपावृत्तस्ततः तस्माद् गृहस्थाश्रमकाम्यया। असमानर्षिकुलजां कन्यामुद्वहेद्, हे निशाचर॥

Word by Word

• उपावृत्तः: having returned
• उपावृत्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + वृत् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय/Past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ततः: then/from there
• ततः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादानार्थक/क्रमवाचक (from there/then)

• तस्मात्: from that (stage)
• तस्मात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक; पञ्चमी विभक्ति (Ablative/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• गृहस्थ-आश्रम-काम्यया: by desire for the householder-āśrama
• गृहस्थ-आश्रम-काम्यया: Hetu (हेतु/निमित्त)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृहस्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक) + काम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (गृहस्थाश्रमस्य काम्या/इच्छा); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/तृतीया), एकवचन

• असमान-ऋषि-कुल-जाम्: born in a non-equal (different/unequal) ṛṣi lineage
• असमान-ऋषि-कुल-जाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असमान (प्रातिपदिक) + ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक) + कुल (प्रातिपदिक) + जा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (असमानं ऋषिकुलं यस्याः सा/ततः जाता); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (कन्याम्)

• कन्याम्: a maiden
• कन्याम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• उद्वहेत्: should marry
• उद्वहेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + वह् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• निशाचर: O night-roamer (address)
• निशाचर: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशाचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; संबोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speakers

• Unspecified in the provided excerpt (likely within the Purāṇic dialogue frame
• often Pulastya instructing Nārada)

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Ashrama System
• Gṛhastha
• Marriage norms (gotra/lineage rule)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Householder life is presented as a deliberate dharmic transition after training. The instruction about a different ṛṣi-lineage reflects the classical concern for lawful marriage boundaries and social-ritual order.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is normative dharma material (ācāra) rather than a cosmological or dynastic narrative unit. It functions as Purāṇic instruction supporting varṇāśrama practice, not as a direct pañcalakṣaṇa component.

What is the symbolic significance?

‘Return’ (upāvṛtti) symbolizes re-entry into society with discipline intact. Marriage into a different ṛṣi-lineage symbolizes ordered continuity—channeling desire into dharma rather than impulse.