Shloka 83

Adhyaya 23 — Ashvatara’s Vow for Madalasa and the Bestowal of Musical Science by Sarasvati

Sanskrit

तद्धने मम गेहे च ममत्‍वमनुकल्प्यताम् ।

युवयोऱ्यन्मदीयं तन्मामकं युवयोः स्वकम् ॥

Transliteration

taddhane mama gehe ca mamatvam anukalpyatām / yuvayor yanmadīyaṃ tanmāmakaṃ yuvayoḥ svakam

Translation

“Vì thế, xin hãy định lập cho đúng sự sở hữu đối với của cải ấy và ngôi nhà của ta. Điều gì là của ta hãy xem như của các vị; và điều gì là của các vị hãy xem như của chính các vị (được bảo toàn).”

Word by Word

• tat: in that
• tat: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; deictic ‘that’ qualifying dhane

• dhane: in the wealth
• dhane: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• gehe: in the house
• gehe: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: geha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• mamatvam: ‘mine-ness’/ownership-feeling
• mamatvam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mamatva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (as subject of passive imperative)

• anukalpyatām: let it be assigned/arranged
• anukalpyatām: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu√kḷp (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), Passive (कर्मणि), 3rd person, Singular; ‘let it be arranged/assigned’

• yuvayoḥ: of you two
• yuvayoḥ: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Dual

• yat: whatever/that which
• yat: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Relative particle (सम्बन्धबोधक अव्यय)

• madīyam: (is) mine
• madīyam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: madīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ‘mine’ (as predicate)

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; correlative to yat

• māmakam: belonging to me
• māmakam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: māmaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; possessive adjective ‘belonging to me’

• yuvayoḥ: of you two
• yuvayoḥ: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive (6th), Dual

• svakam: your own
• svakam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; ‘one’s own’ (predicate)

Speakers

• Continuing the same speaker’s settlement proposal (Kuvalayāśva → the two Nāga princes
• by context)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Dharma
• Generosity
• Trust and kinship
• Resolution of dispute

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

A dhārmic settlement is proposed: property is not treated as a weapon of separation but as a vehicle of relationship. The verse models reconciliation by voluntary transfer/recognition rather than coercion.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Vamśānucarita with didactic emphasis (nīti/dharma) embedded in narrative.

What is the esoteric significance?

The ‘mine/yours’ polarity is softened: the teaching hints that possessiveness is conventional (vyavahāra) and can be re-scripted by higher intention (saṅkalpa) to preserve unity.