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Shloka 70

Śama-prāptiḥ — Gautamī–Lubdhaka–Pannaga–Mṛtyu–Kāla-saṃvāda

Restraint through the Analysis of Karma and Time

काल उवाच न हाहं नाप्ययं मृत्युर्नायं लुब्धक पन्नग: । किल्बिषी जन्तुमरणे न वयं हि प्रयोजका:

kāla uvāca | na hāhaṃ nāpy ayaṃ mṛtyur nāyaṃ lubdhaka pannagaḥ | kilbiṣī jantu-maraṇe na vayaṃ hi prayojakāḥ ||

قال الزمان: «يا أيها الصيّاد، ليس أنا، ولا هذا الموت، ولا هذه الحيّة، من يُلام على موت هذا الكائن. لسنا نحن المحرِّضين ولا الوكلاء الذين يُحدثون موت أحد. إن السبب الحقّ في موضع آخر—في أفعال هذا الكائن نفسه، وفي ناموس الدارما الذي يُنضج نتائجها.»

कालःTime (personified)
कालः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकाल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Nominative, Singular
nor/not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
अयम्this (one)
अयम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मृत्युःDeath
मृत्युः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमृत्यु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
nor/not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अयम्this (one)
अयम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
लुब्धकO hunter
लुब्धक:
TypeNoun
Rootलुब्धक
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
पन्नगःsnake/serpent
पन्नगः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपन्नग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
किल्बिषीsinful/guilty
किल्बिषी:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकिल्बिषिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
जन्तु-मरणेin the death of a creature
जन्तु-मरणे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootजन्तु-मरण
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
वयम्we
वयम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Nominative, Plural
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
प्रयोजकाःinstigators/causers
प्रयोजकाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रयोजक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

काल उवाच

K
Kāla (Time)
M
Mṛtyu (Death)
L
Lubdhaka (hunter)
P
Pannaga (serpent)

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches that Time (kāla), Death (mṛtyu), and apparent instruments (like a serpent or a hunter) are not morally culpable as independent causes of a being’s death; rather, outcomes unfold according to the deeper law of karma and the ripening of prior actions.

Time personified addresses a hunter and denies that he, Death, or the serpent should be regarded as the guilty party in the creature’s death, shifting the discussion from surface-level blame to the ethical-metaphysical framework of karmic causation.