Shloka 11

Adhyaya 75 — The Fall and Restoration of Revatī Nakṣatra and the Birth of Raivata Manu

Sanskrit

अनिर्वृतं तथा मन्दं परलोकपराङ्मुखम् ।

नरकाय न सद्गत्यै कुपुत्रालम्बि जन्मनः ॥

Transliteration

anirvṛtaṃ tathā mandaṃ paralokaparāṅmukham /

narakāya na sadgatyai kuputrālambi janmanaḥ

Translation

ایسی پیدائش نہ خوشی بخش ہے نہ روشن؛ وہ آخرت سے روگرداں ہے۔ بدکار بیٹے کے بوجھ پر منحصر ہونے کے سبب یہ نیک انجام نہیں، بلکہ دوزخ کی طرف لے جاتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• अनिर्वृतम्: unsatisfied; unfulfilled
• अनिर्वृतम्: कर्म (Karma/object—described state)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-निर्वृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); विशेषण (adjective) qualifying जन्मनः (implied ‘life/birth’)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: ‘thus/likewise’)

• मन्दम्: dull; weak
• मन्दम्: कर्म (Karma/object—described state)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); विशेषण

• परलोकपराङ्मुखम्: turned away from the next world
• परलोकपराङ्मुखम्: कर्म (Karma/object—described state)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परलोक-पराङ्मुख (प्रातिपदिक; components: परलोक + पराङ्मुख)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); विशेषण

• नरकाय: for hell
• नरकाय: सम्प्रदान (Dative/result)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• न: not
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (particle of negation)

• सद्गत्यै: for a good destiny
• सद्गत्यै: सम्प्रदान (Dative/result)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सद्गति (प्रातिपदिक; components: सत् + गति)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)

• कुपुत्रालम्बि: dependent on a bad son; clinging to a wicked son
• कुपुत्रालम्बि: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कु-पुत्र-आलम्बिन् (प्रातिपदिक; components: कु + पुत्र + आलम्बिन्)
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.) एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); विशेषण; here used predicatively with जन्मनः (‘birth/life’)

• जन्मनः: of birth/life
• जन्मनः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

Speakers

• Narrative didactic voice within the dialogue context (speaker not explicit in this verse)

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "karuna", "secondaryRasa": "shanta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Karma
• Afterlife (naraka/sadgati)
• Family ethics

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

A life entangled in adharmic progeny becomes spiritually inverted—neglecting paraloka (duty, rites, virtue) and ripening into naraka rather than sadgati.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ethical/eschatological instruction; not a sarga/manvantara/genealogical passage.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Paralokaparāṅmukha’ indicates consciousness turned outward and downward (tamas), where familial attachment becomes bondage rather than a vehicle of dharma.