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Shloka 5

कर्मविद्या-भेदः

Karma–Vidyā Distinction: Paths of Bondage and Release

भूमेरपि गुणं गन्धमाप आददते यदा । आत्तगन्धा तदा भूमि: प्रलयत्वाय कल्पते,तत्पश्चात्‌ जब जल पृथ्वीके गुण गन्धको ग्रहण कर लेता है, तब गन्धहीन हुई पृथ्वी अपने कारणभूत जलमें लीन हो जाती है

bhūmer api guṇaṃ gandham āpa ādadate yadā | ātta-gandhā tadā bhūmiḥ pralayatvāya kalpate ||

Vyāsa erläutert die Abfolge der Auflösung: Wenn das Wasser die eigentümliche Qualität der Erde—den Geruch—an sich nimmt, dann wird die Erde, der Duft beraubt, für den Pralaya tauglich und geht wieder in ihre Ursache, das Wasser, ein. Die Lehre fasst kosmischen Wandel als gesetzmäßige Rückkehr der Wirkungen in ihre Ursachen: Alles Geformte verliert mit der Zeit seine kennzeichnenden Eigenschaften und löst sich in subtilere Prinzipien auf.

भूमेःfrom/of the earth
भूमेः:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि
FormFeminine, Genitive, Singular
अपिeven/also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
गुणम्quality
गुणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगुण
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
गन्धम्smell/fragrance
गन्धम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगन्ध
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
आपःwaters
आपः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअप्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
आददतेtakes/appropriates
आददते:
TypeVerb
Rootदा (आ + दा)
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
यदाwhen
यदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदा
आत्तगन्धाwhose smell has been taken away
आत्तगन्धा:
TypeAdjective
Rootआत्तगन्ध
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
तदाthen
तदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा
भूमिःthe earth
भूमिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
प्रलयत्वायfor dissolution (pralaya)
प्रलयत्वाय:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootप्रलयत्व
FormNeuter, Dative, Singular
कल्पतेbecomes/is fit/comes to be
कल्पते:
TypeVerb
Rootकॢप्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyāsa
B
Bhūmi (Earth element)
Ā
Āpaḥ (Water element)
P
Pralaya (cosmic dissolution)

Educational Q&A

All compounded entities are impermanent and dissolve by a lawful process: when a thing’s defining quality is withdrawn, it can no longer sustain its separate existence and returns into its causal source—here, earth loses smell and merges into water.

Vyāsa is describing the step-by-step cosmic dissolution (pralaya) in elemental terms: water appropriates the earth-element’s specific property (gandha), and the earth-element, now without its hallmark quality, is said to dissolve back into water.