Shloka 32

Umā–Maheśvara-saṃvāda: Varṇa-bhraṃśa, Ācāra (Vṛtta), and Karmic Ascent/Decline

Devanagari script

आजन्मनां शतं चैव नरके पच्यते तु सः । निष्कृतिं च न तस्यापि अनुमन्यन्ति कहिचित्‌

Transliteration

ājānmanāṁ śataṁ caiva narake pacyate tu saḥ | niṣkṛtiṁ ca na tasyāpi anumaṇyanti kahicit ||

Translation

Dharma sprach: „Jener Mensch wird wahrlich hundert Leben lang in der Hölle gekocht. Und für ihn wird niemals—von niemandem—irgendeine Sühne gebilligt.“

Word by Word

• आ: up to, until
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ

• जन्मनाम्: of births
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• नरके: in hell
• नरके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पच्यते: is cooked/tormented
• Type: Verb
• Root: पच्
• Form: Present, Passive, Third, Singular

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निष्कृतिम्: expiation, atonement
• निष्कृतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निष्कृति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• तस्य: of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अपि: even, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अनुमन्यन्ति: they approve/allow
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (अनु + मन्)
• Form: Present, Parasmaipada, Third, Plural

• कहिचित्: ever, at any time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कहिचित्

Speaker

धर्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dharma
• Naraka (hell)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Certain grave wrongs carry consequences so severe that ordinary expiations (niṣkṛti) are not considered sufficient; moral accountability extends beyond a single lifetime.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dharma is delivering a stern judgment about the fate of a wrongdoer: prolonged torment in hell and the denial of any recognized atonement, underscoring the seriousness of the offense under discussion in this section.