Shloka 32

The Glory of Tulasī and Dhātrī (Āmalakī): Protection from Yama and Attainment of Vaikuṇṭha

Devanagari script

विव्याध तं गतप्राणं नेतुं वै शमनाज्ञया । आगताः किंकराः क्रुद्धाः पाशमुद्गरपाणयः

Transliteration

vivyādha taṃ gataprāṇaṃ netuṃ vai śamanājñayā | āgatāḥ kiṃkarāḥ kruddhāḥ pāśamudgarapāṇayaḥ

Translation

یَم راج کے حکم سے اُس بے جان کو لے جانے کے لیے غضبناک یم دوت آ پہنچے—ہاتھوں میں پھندے اور گُرز لیے ہوئے۔

Word by Word

• vivyādha: pierced/struck
• vivyādha: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vyadh (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन (singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• gata-prāṇam: lifeless, whose breath had departed
• gata-prāṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gata (कृदन्त; √gam धातु) + prāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (prāṇān gataḥ = whose life-breath has gone); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

• netum: to take/lead
• netum: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nī (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), ‘to lead/carry’

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), emphasis/indeed

• śamana-ājñayā: by Yama’s command
• śamana-ājñayā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śamana (प्रातिपदिक) + ājñā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (śamanasya ājñā = Yama’s order); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (instrumental), एकवचन

• āgatāḥ: having come, arrived
• āgatāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-gata (कृदन्त; √gam धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (nominative), बहुवचन

• kiṃkarāḥ: servants, attendants
• kiṃkarāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiṃkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• kruddhāḥ: angry
• kruddhāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kruddha (कृदन्त; √krudh धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• pāśa-mudgara-pāṇayaḥ: with nooses and clubs in hand
• pāśa-mudgara-pāṇayaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāśa (प्रातिपदिक) + mudgara (प्रातिपदिक) + pāṇi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: बहुव्रीहि (pāśa-mudgarau pāṇau yasya = having nooses and clubs in their hands); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (context not specified in the provided excerpt)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhayanaka

Secondary Rasa: raudra

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: No major external sandhi; compounds analyzed: gataprāṇam, śamanājñayā, pāśamudgarapāṇayaḥ.

Characters & Entities

• Yama (Śamana)
• Kiṃkaras (attendants of Yama)

FAQs

Who are the kiṃkaras mentioned in this verse?

They are Yama’s attendants—messengers who execute Śamana (Yama)’s order by bringing the departed toward Yama’s realm for judgment according to karma.

What is the significance of the noose (pāśa) and club (mudgara)?

The noose symbolizes restraint and capture (inescapability of karmic consequence), while the club signifies forceful enforcement—imagery used to convey Yama’s authority and the inevitability of death’s process.

What ethical lesson does this verse imply?

It underscores accountability: actions have consequences, and the moral order (dharma/karma) is portrayed as being administered through Yama’s command and his agents.