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Shloka 12

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

करोति सुहृदां दैन्यमहितानां तथा मुदम् ।

अकाले च जरां पित्रोः कुपुत्रः कुरुते ध्रुवम् ॥

karoti suhṛdāṃ dainyam ahitānāṃ tathā mudam /

akāle ca jarāṃ pitroḥ kuputraḥ kurute dhruvam

بدکار بیٹا دوستوں کو رنجیدہ کرتا ہے اور دشمنوں کو خوش؛ اور وہ یقیناً ماں باپ پر قبل از وقت بڑھاپا لے آتا ہے۔

करोतिdoes; causes
करोति:
क्रिया (Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
सुहृदाम्of friends
सुहृदाम्:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootसुहृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)
दैन्यम्wretchedness; misery
दैन्यम्:
कर्म (Karma/object)
TypeNoun
Rootदैन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)
अहितानाम्of enemies; of those who are hostile
अहितानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootअहित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)
तथाlikewise
तथा:
क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb: ‘likewise’)
मुदम्joy
मुदम्:
कर्म (Karma/object)
TypeNoun
Rootमुद्/मुदा (प्रातिपदिक: मुद् f.)
Formद्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)
अकालेat an untimely time; prematurely
अकाले:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/time-locative)
TypeNoun
Rootअकाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)
and
:
समुच्चय (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय (conjunction)
जराम्old age; decrepitude
जराम्:
कर्म (Karma/object)
TypeNoun
Rootजरा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)
पित्रोःof the two parents
पित्रोः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/Genitive), द्विवचन (Dual), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)
कुपुत्रःa bad son
कुपुत्रः:
कर्ता (Karta/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootकु-पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक; components: कु + पुत्र)
Formप्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)
कुरुतेdoes; brings about
कुरुते:
क्रिया (Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद
ध्रुवम्certainly; surely
ध्रुवम्:
क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाव/क्रियाविशेषणवत् (used adverbially: ‘certainly’)
Narrative didactic voice within the dialogue context (speaker not explicit in this verse)

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DharmaSocial harmonyFamily sufferingKarmic consequences

FAQs

Adharma is socially contagious: it harms allies, empowers opponents, and consumes parental vitality—illustrating that private vice has public and intergenerational costs.

Didactic dharma section; not within the five purāṇic lakṣaṇas.

‘Akāla-jarā’ functions as a symbol of prāṇa-kṣaya (drain of life-force) caused by grief, shame, and continual anxiety produced by adharmic attachment.