Shloka 53

Adhyaya 50 — Mind-Born Progeny, Svayambhuva Manu’s Lineage, and Brahmā’s Ordinance to Duḥsaha (Alakṣmī’s Retinue)

Sanskrit

ततः सर्वं तव कालांश्च ददामि तव सिद्धये ।

गुर्विण्यभिगमे सन्ध्यानित्यकार्यव्यतिक्रमे ॥

Transliteration

tataḥ sarvaṃ tava kālāṃś ca dadāmi tava siddhaye |

gurviṇy-abhigame sandhyā-nitya-kārya-vyatikrame ||

Translation

Vì vậy, Ta ban cho ngươi tất cả những điều ấy—thậm chí cả những phần của thời gian—để ngươi thành tựu: trong việc đến gần người đàn bà mang thai, và trong việc vi phạm các lễ nguyện lúc hoàng hôn (sandhyā) cùng các bổn phận bắt buộc hằng ngày.

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter/then
• ततः: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb)

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (singular)

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन (singular)

• कालान्: times/occasions
• कालान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative), बहुवचन (plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ददामि: I give
• ददामि: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (दा धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• तव: for you/your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन (singular)

• सिद्धये: for accomplishment/success
• सिद्धये: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन (singular)

• गुर्विणि: in/at a pregnant woman
• गुर्विणि: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gurviṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (singular)

• अभिगमे: in the act of approaching/visiting
• अभिगमे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: abhigama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (singular)

• सन्ध्या: twilight-prayer (sandhyā)
• सन्ध्या: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sandhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), (समासपूर्वपद-रूपेण) प्रातिपदिकम्

• नित्य: daily/regular
• नित्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (समासपूर्वपद-रूपेण) विशेषण-प्रातिपदिकम्

• कार्य: duty/required act
• कार्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (समासपूर्वपद-रूपेण) नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिकम्

• व्यतिक्रमे: in the transgression/omission (of sandhyā and daily duties)
• व्यतिक्रमे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyatikrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (singular); समासः: सन्ध्या-नित्य-कार्य-व्यतिक्रम (तत्पुरुष; ‘सन्ध्यादीनां नित्यकार्याणां व्यतिक्रमः’)

Speakers

• Unspecified narrator addressing a Yakṣa

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Nitya-karma
• Sandhyā-vandana
• Sexual ethics
• Ritual omission as spiritual vulnerability

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Omitting nitya-karmas and violating sexual restraint are treated as concrete ethical breaches that empower disruptive influences; daily discipline is portrayed as protective dharma.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Ācāra/dharma instruction; not a pancalakṣaṇa cosmological or dynastic passage.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Portions of time’ implies that negligence creates temporal openings—gaps in one’s protective order—through which obstructive entities gain efficacy.