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Shloka 163

Ābhūta-saṃplava & Loka-vibhāga

Dissolution Threshold and the Fourteen Abodes

असत्प्रतिग्रही यश्च तथैवायाज्ययाजकः / नक्षत्रैर्जीवते यश्च नरो गच्छत्यधोमुखम्

asatpratigrahī yaśca tathaivāyājyayājakaḥ / nakṣatrairjīvate yaśca naro gacchatyadhomukham

Wer Gaben von Unwürdigen annimmt, Opfer für Unopferwürdige vollzieht und vom Sternenglauben lebt, geht in die Hölle Adhomukha.

asat-pratigrahīreceiver of improper gifts
asat-pratigrahī:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roota-sat + pratigrahī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; tatpuruṣa: asataḥ pratigrahaṃ karoti iti (one who accepts improper gifts)
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; relative pronoun
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
tathāthus
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण) = thus/so
evaindeed/just
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (अवधारण निपात)
ayājya-yājakaḥone who officiates for the unworthy
ayājya-yājakaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roota-yājya + yājaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; tatpuruṣa: ayājyaṃ yājayati iti (one who makes the unfit perform sacrifice / officiates for the unworthy)
nakṣatraiḥby/through stars (astrology)
nakṣatraiḥ:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootnakṣatra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural
jīvatelives/earns a living
jīvate:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootjīv (धातु)
FormLat-lakāra (Present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Singular; Ātmanepada
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; relative pronoun
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
naraḥa man
naraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular
gacchatigoes
gacchati:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootgam (धातु)
FormLat-lakāra (Present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Singular; Parasmaipada
adho-mukhamface-down/downwards
adho-mukham:
Gati/Karma (गति/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootadhas + mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; avyayībhāva: adhaḥ (down) + mukham (face) = 'face-down'; used as gati/goal complement with 'gacchati'