Shloka 14

Adhyaya 44 — Subahu’s Counsel to the King of Kashi and Alarka’s Renunciation through Yoga

Sanskrit

विचार्य तन्मया सर्वं युष्मत्संश्रयपूर्वकम् ।

कृतं तच्चापि निष्पन्नं प्रयास्ये सिद्धये पुनः ॥

Transliteration

vicārya tan mayā sarvaṃ yuṣmat-saṃśraya-pūrvakam / kṛtaṃ tac cāpi niṣpannaṃ prayāsye siddhaye punaḥ

Translation

เมื่อพิจารณาทั้งหมดนี้แล้ว และอาศัยท่านเป็นที่พึ่งก่อน ข้าพเจ้ากระทำการนั้นและสำเร็จแล้ว บัดนี้ข้าพเจ้าจะเพียรอีกครั้งเพื่อบรรลุสิทธิ (siddhi)

Word by Word

• विचार्य: having considered
• विचार्य: पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (Absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√चर् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययभाव; gerund) — ‘having considered/reflected’

• तत्: that
• तत्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मया: by me
• मया: कर्ता (Agent, instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• युष्मत्-संश्रय-पूर्वकम्: with reliance on you as the basis
• युष्मत्-संश्रय-पूर्वकम्: विशेषण (Qualifier of sarvam)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + संश्रय (प्रातिपदिक) + पूर्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-श्रृङ्खला — ‘having you as prior resort/support’

• कृतम्: done
• कृतम्: क्रिया-विशेषण/विधेय (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) — ‘done’

• तत्: that
• तत्: कर्म/विशेष्य-निर्देश
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: निपात (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/समुच्चय (particle: also/even)

• निष्पन्नम्: accomplished
• निष्पन्नम्: विधेय-विशेषण (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निस्-√पद्/√पन् (धातु; निष्पद्यते)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) — ‘accomplished/fully effected’

• प्रयास्ये: I will strive
• प्रयास्ये: क्रिया (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√यास् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• सिद्धये: for success/accomplishment
• सिद्धये: सम्प्रदान (Purpose dative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण — ‘again’

Speakers

• Subāhu speaking to Kāśirāja

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Deliberation (vicāra) before action
• Alliance in dharmic work
• Completion and onward striving
• Siddhi as goal (general)

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Dharma is executed through reflection, cooperation, and follow-through; once one duty is fulfilled, the aspirant returns to personal pursuit of higher attainment without clinging to prior achievements.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Nīti/ācāra-centered narrative passage; not a pañcalakṣaṇa cosmological/genealogical marker.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Siddhi’ can be read as inner perfection rather than worldly success: after facilitating another’s awakening, the speaker turns back to his own sādhana—service and self-realization are sequenced, not opposed.