Shloka 29

Adhyaya 10 — Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey

Sanskrit

षट् प्रकारक्रियादुःखसुखहर्षरसैश्च यत् ।

गुणैश्च वर्जितं ब्रह्म तत् प्राप्स्यामि परं पदम् ॥

Transliteration

ṣaṭ-prakāra-kriyā-duḥkha-sukha-harṣa-rasaiś ca yat /

guṇaiś ca varjitaṃ brahma tat prāpsyāmi paraṃ padam

Translation

ذلك البراهمان، المنزَّه عن الغونات (guṇa)، والمتعالي على الأنواع الستة للفعل، والمتجاوز للألم واللذة والنشوة و«مذاقات» العاطفة—ذلك سأبلغه بوصفه الحالة العليا.

Word by Word

• षट्: six
• षट्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral (संख्या), indeclinable-like form; used as qualifier of following compound

• प्रकारक्रियादुःखसुखहर्षरसैः: by the (sixfold) modes/acts, pain, pleasure, joy, and taste
• प्रकारक्रियादुःखसुखहर्षरसैः: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार-क्रिया-दुःख-सुख-हर्ष-रस (प्रातिपदिक; components: prakāra + kriyā + duḥkha + sukha + harṣa + rasa)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); collective dvandva ‘by/with (these) …’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), conjunction (समुच्चय)

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject, relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun referring to ब्रह्म

• गुणैः: by qualities (guṇas)
• गुणैः: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), conjunction (समुच्चय)

• वर्जितम्: devoid of
• वर्जितम्: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वर्ज् (धातु) → वर्जित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त-प्रत्यय), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); predicate of यत्/ब्रह्म

• ब्रह्म: Brahman
• ब्रह्म: Karma (कर्म/Object of prāpsyāmi)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); demonstrative referring to ब्रह्म

• प्राप्स्यामि: I shall attain
• प्राप्स्यामि: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: Future tense (लृट्), 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); qualifies पदम्

• पदम्: state/abode
• पदम्: Karma (कर्म/Object, apposition to तत्/ब्रह्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

Speakers

• Unspecified speaker; describing nirguṇa goal

Verse Rasa

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

Key Themes

• Nirguṇa Brahman
• Transcending guṇas
• Liberation

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The highest aim is not refined enjoyment but transcendence of affective swings and guṇa-conditioning; ethical life supports this by purifying the mind toward liberation.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

A mokṣa-centric teaching (adhyātma) within Purāṇic instruction, not a cosmological or genealogical unit.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Beyond rasa’ indicates freedom from the subtle compulsion of experience-seeking; it points to sahaja-sthiti—abidance as pure awareness.