Shloka 27

Devanagari script

एतस्माद्‌ योनिसम्बन्धाद्‌ यो जीवन परिमुच्यते । प्रजां च लभते काज्चित्‌ पुनर्दधन्द्ेषु सज्जति

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | etasmād yonisambandhād yo jīvan parimucyate | prajāṃ ca labhate kāñcit punar dadhandeṣu sajjati ||

Translation

Nārada sprach: „Aus dieser Bindung von Geburt und Geschlecht: Wer sich schon im Leben davon löst, erlangt eine gewisse Nachkommenschaft (oder eine bestimmte Sphäre von Wesen); doch wiederum heftet er sich unter jene, die erneut in einen Leib eingesetzt werden.“

Word by Word

एतस्मात्from this

योनिसम्बन्धात्from the connection with the womb/source (i.e., birth-connection)

यःwho

जीवन्living, while alive

परिमुच्यतेis freed, is released

प्रजाम्offspring, progeny

चand

लभतेobtains

काञ्चित्some, a certain

पुनःagain

दधन्placing, putting; taking up

देहेषुin bodies

सज्जतिclings, becomes attached

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Narada

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even if one gains release while living, the subtle tendency toward attachment can reassert itself; freedom requires not only breaking the external bond of birth/lineage but also uprooting renewed clinging that leads back into embodied existence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Narada is explaining a doctrine about bondage and release: liberation from the nexus of birth is described, along with a warning that one may still become re-entangled through renewed attachment among beings entering embodiment.