Shloka 24

Adhyaya 81 — Suratha and Samadhi Seek Sage Medhas; Introduction to Mahamaya and the Madhukaitabha Origin Account

Sanskrit

यैः सन्त्यज्य पितृस्नेहं धनलुब्धैर्निराकृतः ।

पतिस्वजनहार्दं च हार्दि तेष्वेव मे मनः ॥

Transliteration

yaiḥ santyajya pitṛ-snehaṃ dhana-lubdhair nirākṛtaḥ |

pati-svajana-hārdaṃ ca hārdi teṣv eva me manaḥ ||

Translation

جن لوگوں نے دولت کی لالچ میں مجھے چھوڑ دیا—حتیٰ کہ بیٹوں نے باپ کے حق کا پیار بھی ترک کر دیا—انہوں نے زوجیت اور قرابت کی نرمی بھی ایک طرف رکھ دی، پھر بھی میرا دل انہی میں جا ٹھہرتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• yaiḥ: by whom
• yaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); सम्बन्धवाचक (relative)

• santyajya: having abandoned
• santyajya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-tyaj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (Gerund/absolutive), 'having completely abandoned'

• pitṛ-sneham: paternal affection
• pitṛ-sneham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + sneha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: father's affection); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• dhana-lubdhaiḥ: by those greedy for wealth
• dhana-lubdhaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhana (प्रातिपदिक) + lubdha (कृदन्त, √lubh)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; 'greedy for wealth'

• nirākṛtaḥ: rejected/expelled
• nirākṛtaḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nir-ā-kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• pati-svajana-hārdam: affection of husband and relatives
• pati-svajana-hārdam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक) + svajana (प्रातिपदिक) + hārda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (समाहार/सम्बन्ध: affection of husband and kinsmen); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• hārdi: in affection / in the heart
• hārdi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hārdi (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोग; सप्तमी-अर्थे (locative sense) 'in the heart/affection'

• teṣu: in them / towards them
• teṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचन (Gen./Dat. 6th/4th) enclitic; here genitive sense

• manaḥ: mind
• manaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speakers

• Samadhi (vaiśya) to Sage Medhas

Verse Rasa

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

Key Themes

• Family dharma breakdown
• Greed
• Attachment
• Suffering
• Psychology of clinging

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse critiques dharma’s erosion through greed, while also diagnosing attachment as irrational persistence: affection can remain even when reciprocity and duty are absent.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Frame-narrative (vaṃśānucarita-style human episode is minimal here), primarily a didactic setup rather than cosmological genealogy.

What is the esoteric significance?

The heart’s fixation on the undeserving illustrates Māyā’s binding power (āvaraṇa/ākṣepa): covering discernment and projecting compulsive attraction.