Shloka 10

Somaka–Jantu Ākhyāna: Desire-Driven Sacrifice and Shared Karmic Consequence

Devanagari script

ततः स लोकमगमत्‌ सोमकस्य गुरु: परम्‌ । अथ काले व्यतीते तु सोमको5प्यगमत्‌ परम्‌

Transliteration

tataḥ sa lokam agamat somakasya guruḥ param | atha kāle vyatīte tu somako 'py agamat param ||

Translation

Dann ging der Lehrer Somakas in die höchste Welt ein. Und als einige Zeit verstrichen war, ging auch Somaka in den höchsten Zustand ein.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

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

• लोकम्: world, realm
• लोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अगमत्: went, reached
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सोमकस्य: of Somaka
• सोमकस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: सोमक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• गुरुः: teacher, preceptor
• गुरुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परम्: the highest state; the beyond
• परम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अथ: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• काले: in time; when time
• काले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• व्यतीते: having passed, elapsed
• व्यतीते: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb-derived adjective (past passive participle)
• Root: वि-अति-इ (व्यति-इ)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• सोमकः: Somaka
• सोमकः: Karta
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: सोमक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अगमत्: went, reached
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• परम्: the highest state; the beyond
• परम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

लोगमश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Lomasha
• Somaka
• Somaka's guru

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That time (kāla) carries all beings onward: even revered teachers and their disciples must depart, so one should cultivate detachment and live rightly, aware of life’s impermanence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Lomasha states that Somaka’s teacher first passed on to the highest realm, and after some time Somaka also passed away, marking the close of their earthly course.