Shloka 118
Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption
Devanagari script
ततः पश्चान्महाराज कृमियोनौ प्रजायते । कृमिर्विशतिवर्षाणि भूत्वा जायति मानुष:,महाराज! तदनन्तर वह कीड़ेकी योनिमें जन्म लेता है और बीस वर्षोंतक कीट-योनिमें रहकर अन्तमें मनुष्य होता है
Transliteration
tataḥ paścān mahārāja kṛmiyonau prajāyate | kṛmir viśati-varṣāṇi bhūtvā jāyati mānuṣaḥ ||
Translation
মহারাজ! তাৰ পাছত সি কৃমিযোনিত জন্ম লয়। বিশ বছৰ কৃমি হৈ থাকি, শেষত পুনৰ মানুহ হিচাপে জন্ম গ্ৰহণ কৰে।
Word by Word
ततःthereafter/from then
ततः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततस्
FormAvyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/thereafter')
पश्चात्afterwards
पश्चात्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपश्चात्
FormAvyaya
महाराजO great king
महाराज:
TypeNoun
Rootमहाराज
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
कृमि-योनौin the womb/species of a worm
कृमि-योनौ:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकृमियोनि
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
प्रजायतेis born/comes into existence
प्रजायते:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + √जन्
FormPresent tense (Lat), Ātmanepada, 3rd person, Singular
कृमिःa worm
कृमिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकृमि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
विशतिवर्षाणिtwenty years (as duration)
विशतिवर्षाणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootविंशतिवर्ष
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
भूत्वाhaving been (as)
भूत्वा:
TypeVerb
Root√भू
FormAbsolutive (क्त्वान्त), indeclinable
जायतिis born
जायति:
TypeVerb
Root√जन्
FormPresent tense (Lat), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular
मानुषःa human (being)
मानुषः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमानुष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
युधिछिर उवाच
Characters & Entities
Y
YudhiṣṭhiraM
mahārāja (addressed king)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes