Shloka 53

Adhyaya 49 — Primordial Human Creation, the Rise of Desire, and the Origins of Settlements, Measures, and Agriculture

Sanskrit

वृक्षस्यैवङ्गताः शाखास्तथैवञ्चापरी गताः ।

नताश्चैवोन्नताश्चैव तद्वच्छाखाः प्रचक्रिरे ॥

Transliteration

vṛkṣasyaivaṅgatāḥ śākhās tathaivañ cāparī gatāḥ / natāś caivonnatāś caiva tadvacchākhāḥ pracakrire

Translation

正如树之枝条有的向此方伸展，有的向彼方分岔——有的下垂，有的上扬——他们也依其本相，将枝条如此安置为构架之材。

Word by Word

• वृक्षस्य: of a tree
• वृक्षस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय (adverb: ‘thus/in this way’)

• गताः: gone/extended
• गताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणवत् ‘शाखाः’

• शाखाः: branches
• शाखाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाखा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय (adverb: ‘likewise’)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय (adverb)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction: ‘and’)

• अपरी: another/other
• अपरी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifies an implied ‘शाखा’/group: ‘another/other’)

• गताः: went/extended
• गताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; (with implied plural branches)

• नताः: bent/downward
• नताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नत (प्रातिपदिक; from नम् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (bent/downward)

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण अव्यय (emphatic particle: ‘indeed/just’)

• उन्नताः: raised/upward
• उन्नताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उन्नत (प्रातिपदिक; from उत्+नम् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (raised/upward)

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण अव्यय

• तद्वत्: likewise
• तद्वत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्वत् (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक अव्यय (comparative: ‘like that/in that manner’)

• शाखाः: branches
• शाखाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाखा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• प्रचक्रिरे: came to be/were made
• प्रचक्रिरे: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speakers

• Narratorial description

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Architecture
• Nature as model
• Human ingenuity

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Nature is treated as the first teacher of form and function; human craft is an imitation (anukaraṇa) of organic order.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Not a formal pancalakṣaṇa element; it is cultural-pratisarga style description of how humans re-establish living systems.

What is the esoteric significance?

Branches bending and rising mirror the psyche’s tendencies; a stable ‘house’ (life-order) requires integrating downward (grounding) and upward (aspiration) movements.