Shloka 14

Adhyaya 64 — Kalavati (Vibhavari) Offers Herself and the Padmini Vidya to Svarocisha

Sanskrit

आज्ञाञ्च निधयः सर्वे करिष्यन्ति तवादृताः ।

यथाभिलषितं वित्तं प्रदास्यन्ति च ते शुभे ॥

Transliteration

ājñāñ ca nidhayaḥ sarve kariṣyanti tavādṛtāḥ / yathābhilaṣitaṃ vittaṃ pradāsyanti ca te śubhe

Translation

اے مبارک دیوی! تمام خزانے ادب کے ساتھ تیرے حکم کی تعمیل کریں گے اور تیری خواہش کے مطابق بعینہٖ دولت عطا کریں گے۔

Word by Word

• आज्ञाम्: command, order
• आज्ञाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• निधयः: treasures
• निधयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• करिष्यन्ति: will do / will carry out
• करिष्यन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• तव: of you / your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• आदृताः: honoured, respected
• आदृताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आदृत (कृदन्त; आ√दृ/दृ + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• यथा: as, according to
• यथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/उपमानार्थ (as/according to)

• अभिलषितम्: desired, wished-for
• अभिलषितम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभिलषित (कृदन्त; अभि√लष् + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; विशेषण

• वित्तम्: wealth
• वित्तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• प्रदास्यन्ति: will give
• प्रदास्यन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• शुभे: O auspicious one
• शुभे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संबोधन (vocative)

Speakers

• Narrative voice within the episode (a goddess/empowered figure addressing the recipient; exact speaker-name not explicit in this single verse)

Shakti Aspects

• Vidyā named Padminī (prosperity-bestowing
• treasure-commanding power)

Key Themes

• Shaktism
• Prosperity through divine favor
• Vidyā as power
• Obedience of cosmic resources to spiritual authority

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Wealth is portrayed as subordinate to dharmic/spiritual authority: when power (vidyā) is aligned with auspiciousness and right intention, resources are said to respond in an orderly, non-chaotic way.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Manvantara: the verse participates in a Svārociṣa-Manu cycle narrative illustrating conditions and agents (powers, beings) operating in that epoch.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Nidhis obeying command’ symbolizes mastery over the latent potentials of the world (artha) through inner empowerment (vidyā), i.e., prosperity becomes a function of realized śakti rather than mere acquisition.