Shloka 9

Adhyaya 34 — Madālāsā’s Instruction on Sadācāra (Householder Conduct, Purity, and Daily Rites)

Sanskrit

तस्य स्वरूपं वक्ष्यामि सदाचारस्य पुत्रक ।

तन्ममैकमनाः श्रुत्वा तथैव परिपालय ॥

Transliteration

tasya svarūpaṃ vakṣyāmi sadācārasya putraka | tan mamaikamanāḥ śrutvā tathaiva paripālaya ||

Translation

ప్రియ బాలకా, సదాచారపు నిజ స్వరూపాన్ని నేను వివరిస్తాను. ఏకాగ్రచిత్తంతో నా మాట విను; ఆపై దానిని యథాతథంగా ఆచరించు.

Word by Word

• tasya: of that, its
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुं), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)

• svarūpam: true form, nature
• svarūpam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva-rūpa (प्रातिपदिक; स्व + रूप)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• vakṣyāmi: I will tell
• vakṣyāmi: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच्) (धातु)
• Form: Future (लृट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• sadācārasya: of good conduct
• sadācārasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat-ācāra (प्रातिपदिक; सत् + आचार)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)

• putraka: dear son
• putraka: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)

• tat: that (teaching)
• tat: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• mama: of me, my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)

• eka-manāḥ: with single-pointed mind
• eka-manāḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka-manas (प्रातिपदिक; एक + मनस्)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); bahuvrīhi-like sense ‘one-minded’ used adjectivally for listener

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (श्रु) (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय), ‘having heard’

• tathā: thus, in that manner
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• eva: indeed, exactly
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (अवधारण-निपात)

• paripālaya: observe, follow, maintain
• paripālaya: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√pāl (पाल्) (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

Speakers

• Teacher/narrator addressing a youth ('putraka'); didactic instruction

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Dharma
• Instruction
• Discipline
• Sadācāra

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Ethical life is not merely hearing rules; it requires focused receptivity (ekāgratā) and faithful implementation—dharma as practice, not theory.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ancillary dharma-nirdeśa (ethical injunction) rather than pañcalakṣaṇa narrative material.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Ekamanāḥ’ indicates that moral transformation is a yogic act: attention and resolve are prerequisites for re-patterning saṃskāras.