Shloka 63

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

Sanskrit

यः संस्कृताशी विधिवच्छुचिरन्तस्तथा बहिः ।

अलोलुपो जितस्त्रीकस्तद्गेहमपवर्जय ॥

Transliteration

yaḥ saṃskṛtāśī vidhivac chucir antaḥ tathā bahiḥ | alolupo jitastrīkas tad geham apavarjaya ||

Translation

Hãy tránh ngôi nhà nơi có người đàn ông ăn thực phẩm đã được thanh tịnh và hiến cúng đúng pháp, trong ngoài đều thanh sạch, không tham lam, và đã chế ngự sự vướng mắc dục ái đối với phụ nữ.

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• saṃskṛta-āśī: one who eats purified/regulated food
• saṃskṛta-āśī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃskṛta (कृदन्त, √kṛ) + āśin/āśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); compound qualifying yaḥ

• vidhivat: according to prescribed rule
• vidhivat: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vidhi-vat (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) meaning 'according to rule'

• śuciḥ: pure
• śuciḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuci (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• antaḥ: within, inwardly
• antaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: antaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• tathā: and likewise
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), particle/adverb

• bahiḥ: outside, outwardly
• bahiḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bahiḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• alolupaḥ: not greedy
• alolupaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-lolupa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); nañ-pratyaya (नञ्) negation

• jita-strīkaḥ: one who has subdued lust/women
• jita-strīkaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jita (कृदन्त, √ji) + strīka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa: 'one who has conquered women/sexual desire'

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); used as determiner

• geham: house
• geham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: geha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• apavarjaya: avoid, shun
• apavarjaya: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: apa-√vṛj (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ-lakāra (लोट्, imperative), Madhyama-puruṣa (मध्यम/2nd person), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

Speakers

• Unspecified in input; direct injunction to a Yakṣa

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Purity (śauca)
• Self-control
• Ethics of the home
• Protection through virtue

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

A morally ordered household—clean, disciplined in food, and restrained—forms a protective sphere. The instruction implies that harmful or opportunistic beings find no ‘access’ where greed and lust are subdued.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Normative household ethics; ancillary to Purāṇic narrative rather than cosmological/genealogical material.

What is the esoteric significance?

Inner/outer purity and regulated intake are markers of stabilized prāṇa; such stability is portrayed as repellent to disruptive subtle influences (here personified as the Yakṣa’s movement/entry).