Shloka 26

Brahmin Right Conduct: Morning Remembrance, Bathing, Purification, and Tarpaṇa Method

Devanagari script

पानीयं सर्वसिर्द्ध्य्थं पुरैव निर्मितं मया । रक्षार्थं तस्य तोयस्य यक्षाश्चैव धुरंधराः

Transliteration

pānīyaṃ sarvasirddhythaṃ puraiva nirmitaṃ mayā | rakṣārthaṃ tasya toyasya yakṣāścaiva dhuraṃdharāḥ

Translation

“సర్వసిద్ధుల సాధనార్థం ఈ పానీయ జలాన్ని నేను పూర్వమే సృష్టించాను; ఆ జలరక్షణకు ధురంధరులైన యక్షులను నియమించాను।”

Word by Word

• pānīyam: drinking-water
• pānīyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pānīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• sarva-siddhi-artham: for the sake of all attainments
• sarva-siddhi-artham: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + siddhi (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; purpose-accusative (प्रयोजन)

• purā: formerly/earlier
• purā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, adverb (कालवाचक)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, emphatic particle (अवधारण)

• nirmitam: was created/made
• nirmitam: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nir-√mā (धातु) + ta (कृत्)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative Singular; predicative with 'pānīyam'

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Kartṛ-karaṇa (कर्तृकरण/तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular

• rakṣā-artham: for protection
• rakṣā-artham: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rakṣā (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; purpose-accusative

• tasya: of that
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Neuter/masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• toyasya: of the water
• toyasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: toya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• yakṣāḥ: yakṣas
• yakṣāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, conjunction

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, emphatic particle

• dhuraṃdharāḥ: burden-bearers/guardians
• dhuraṃdharāḥ: Pradhāna-viśeṣaṇa (प्रधानविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhuraṃdhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; predicate adjective to 'yakṣāḥ'

Speaker

Unspecified (context-dependent narrator within Adhyaya 49; likely a presiding deity/creator figure speaking about a sacred water source)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: vira

Geographic Context

Type: tirtha

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: sarvasirddhythaṃ normalized as sarva-siddhi-artham (scribal/orthographic variant); puraiva → purā eva; rakṣārthaṃ → rakṣā-artham; yakṣāścaiva → yakṣāḥ ca eva

Characters & Entities

• Yakṣas

FAQs

What does this verse reveal about the geography of sacred Tirthas?

It presents sacred water as an intentionally established resource meant to confer “all attainments,” implying a consecrated tirtha-like locus whose sanctity is maintained through divine guardianship.

How does this verse emphasize the path of Bhakti?

Indirectly: by portraying sacred water as divinely instituted and protected, it supports devotional practice centered on reverence, ritual purity, and trust in the sacred order upheld by higher beings.

What is the ethical lesson from this dialogue?

Valuable resources meant for the welfare of all should be protected and stewarded; sanctity (and public good) requires both purposeful creation and vigilant guardianship.