Shloka 10

Adhyaya 75 — The Fall and Restoration of Revatī Nakṣatra and the Birth of Raivata Manu

Sanskrit

धन्यास्ते तनया येषां सर्वलोकाभिसंमताः ।

परोपकारिणः शान्ताः साधुकर्मण्यनुव्रताः ॥

Transliteration

dhanyās te tanayā yeṣāṃ sarvalokābhisaṃmatāḥ /

paropakāriṇaḥ śāntāḥ sādhukarmaṇy anuvratāḥ

Translation

Phúc thay những người có con trai được mọi người tán đồng—biết giúp đỡ kẻ khác, hiền hòa an tịnh, và kiên định phụng hành các việc thiện theo chính pháp.

Word by Word

• धन्याः: blessed; fortunate
• धन्याः: कर्ता (Karta/subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine); विशेषण (adjective)

• ते: those (people)
• ते: कर्ता (Karta/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine/Pronoun)

• तनयाः: sons
• तनयाः: कर्ता (Karta/subject—sons)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• येषाम्: of whom
• येषाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine/Pronoun)

• सर्वलोकाभिसंमताः: approved by all the world; universally esteemed
• सर्वलोकाभिसंमताः: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-लोक-अभिसंमत (प्रातिपदिक; components: सर्व + लोक + अभिसंमत)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine); विशेषण (adjective) qualifying तनयाः

• परोपकारिणः: helpful to others
• परोपकारिणः: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर-उपकारिन् (प्रातिपदिक; components: पर + उपकारिन्)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine); विशेषण (adjective) qualifying तनयाः

• शान्ताः: peaceful; calm
• शान्ताः: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine); विशेषण (adjective)

• साधुकर्मणि: in good deeds
• साधुकर्मणि: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधु-कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; components: साधु + कर्मन्)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); अधिकरण (locative)

• अनुव्रताः: devoted; following (good conduct)
• अनुव्रताः: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine); विशेषण (adjective)

Speakers

• Narrative didactic voice within the dialogue context (speaker not explicit in this verse)

Verse Rasa

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

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Social virtue
• Householder ideals
• Karma

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The Purāṇic ideal of progeny is ethical excellence, not mere continuation of lineage: public esteem, altruism, inner restraint, and consistent righteous conduct.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Auxiliary dharma-teaching (upadeśa), not one of the five defining purāṇic characteristics.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Sarvalokābhisaṃmata’ implies alignment of personal conduct with ṛta/dharma such that one’s life becomes socially harmonizing rather than karmically disruptive.