Shloka 4
Devanagari script
यावदेतदतीतं मे वय: पुत्रफलाश्रितम् | तावदिच्छामि पाथेयमादातुं पारलौकिकम्
Transliteration
yāvad etad atītaṃ me vayaḥ putraphalāśritam | tāvad icchāmi pātheyam ādātuṃ pāralaukikam ||
Translation
“我的一生久已流逝，所倚者不过是从儿子那里求得‘果报’的希冀。如今我愿积聚来世的资粮——合乎达摩的正当财富，使之成为通往彼岸之路上的行旅供给。”
Word by Word
यावत्as long as; until
यावत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयावत्
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
Formneuter, nominative, singular
अतीतम्passed; gone by
अतीतम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootअतीत
Formneuter, nominative, singular
मेmy
मे:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Formgenitive, singular
वयःage; lifetime
वयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवयस्
Formneuter, nominative, singular
पुत्रफलाश्रितम्dependent on the fruit (benefit) of sons
पुत्रफलाश्रितम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootपुत्र-फल-आश्रित
Formneuter, nominative, singular
तावत्so long; till then
तावत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतावत्
इच्छामिI desire; I wish
इच्छामि:
TypeVerb
Rootइष्
Formpresent, first, singular, parasmaipada
पाथेयम्provision for a journey; travel-supplies
पाथेयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपाथेय
Formneuter, accusative, singular
आदातुम्to take; to acquire
आदातुम्:
TypeVerb
Rootआ-दा
Forminfinitive (tumun)
पारलौकिकम्otherworldly; for the next world
पारलौकिकम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootपारलौकिक
Formneuter, accusative, singular
Speaker
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Characters & Entities
ब
ब्राह्मण (a Brahmin speaker)प
पुत्र (sons, as an object of worldly aspiration)प
पाथेय (journey-provisions, metaphorical)प
परलोक (the other world/afterlife, implied by pāralaukika)Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Worldly life often gets spent in attachment to family outcomes (here, the expected ‘fruit’ from sons). The speaker turns toward dharma-oriented accumulation—merit and righteous means—as the true ‘provisions’ that accompany one beyond death.
A Brahmin speaker reflects on his past: much of his life has been invested in hopes centered on sons. He now declares a shift in aim—seeking pāralaukika pātheya, i.e., spiritual and ethical ‘journey-supplies’ for the path to the next world.