Shloka 59

कालनिर्णयः, युगधर्मवर्णनम्, सृष्टिक्रमश्च

Time-Reckoning, Yuga-Dharma, and the Sequence of Creation

Devanagari script

स्थिता हीन्द्र सहस्रेषु त्वद्विशिष्टतमेष्वियम्‌ । मां च लोला परित्यज्य त्वामगाद्‌ विबुधाधिप

Transliteration

śakra uvāca | sthitā hīndra sahasreṣu tvad-viśiṣṭatameṣv iyam | māṃ ca lolā parityajya tvām agād vibudhādhipa |

Translation

释迦罗（因陀罗）说道：“噢因陀罗，这位福运（室利/吉祥天女）确曾栖居于千万人中，甚至在比你更卓绝者身旁。然她性情飘忽，如今也已离我而去，转投于你，噢天众之主。”

Word by Word

• स्थिता: having stayed; situated
• स्थिता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) / स्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed; for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सहस्रेषु: among thousands
• सहस्रेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• त्वत्: than you; from you
• त्वत्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Ablative, Singular

• विशिष्टतमेषु: among the most distinguished/excellent
• विशिष्टतमेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशिष्टतम (विशिष्ट + तम)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• इयम्: this (she)
• इयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• लोलाः: fickle; unsteady
• लोलाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोला
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• परित्यज्य: having abandoned
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु) / परि-त्यज्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Active

• त्वाम्: to you; you (object)
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• अगात्: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: Aorist (लुङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• विबुधाधिप: O lord of the gods
• Type: Noun
• Root: विबुधाधिप (विबुध + अधिप)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

श॒क्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Indra
• Śrī/Lakṣmī
• Vibudhādhipa (Lord of the gods)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Prosperity (Śrī/Lakṣmī) is inherently unstable and does not permanently belong to any one person, even the powerful; therefore one should not become arrogant in success nor despair in loss, but ground conduct in dharma rather than in fluctuating fortune.

What is happening in the narrative?

Indra (Śakra) addresses Indra as ‘lord of the gods’ and remarks that Lakṣmī has previously resided with countless men even greater than him; now, being fickle, she has left the speaker and gone to Indra—highlighting the shifting nature of royal fortune and status.