Shloka 72

Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat

Sanskrit

एवं च द्वयमप्यत्र तवोपचयकारणम् ।

प्रत्याख्यानादहं मृत्युः त्वञ्च पापमवाप्स्यसि ॥

Transliteration

evaṃ ca dvayam apy atra tavopacayakāraṇam | pratyākhyānād ahaṃ mṛtyuḥ tvañ ca pāpam avāpsyasi ||

Translation

ดังนี้ ผลทั้งสองประการในที่นี้ล้วนเป็นเหตุแห่ง ‘ผลได้’ ของท่าน: หากท่านปฏิเสธข้าพเจ้า ข้าพเจ้าจักตาย—และท่านจักต้องรับบาป

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• द्वयम्: a twofold (thing)
• द्वयम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा) / द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; सन्दर्भे प्रथमा (subject)

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Desha-adhikarana (देशाधिकरण/Place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक (here)

• तव: your
• तव: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध/Of)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• उपचयकारणम्: cause of increase/prosperity
• उपचयकारणम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject-complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपचय + कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (उपचयस्य कारणम्)

• प्रत्याख्यानात्: from refusal
• प्रत्याख्यानात्: Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रति + आख्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• मृत्युम्: death
• मृत्युम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• अवाप्स्यसि: you will obtain
• अवाप्स्यसि: Kriya (क्रिया/Finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/लृट्), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speakers

• Varūthinī → brāhmaṇa

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Dharma vs coercion
• Sin (pāpa) and responsibility
• Manipulation through guilt

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The passage highlights a dharmic pitfall: being pressured into adharma by fear of ‘sin’ is itself a distortion; true dharma is not compelled by manipulative threats.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ethical instruction through narrative (ācāra-kathā), not directly sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘If you refuse, you sin’ mirrors inner temptation that weaponizes conscience; discernment (viveka) is required to separate authentic duty from passion’s rhetoric.