Shloka 39

पञ्चवर्णोत्पत्तिः — The Origin of the Five-Colored Fiery Being and Ritual-Disruptor Lineages

Devanagari script

तपोयोगसमारम्भं कुरुते द्विजसत्तम | कर्मभिर्बहुभिश्चापि लोकानश्नाति मानव:,द्विजश्रेष्ठस जब बन्धनकारक कर्मोंका भोग पूरा हो जाता है और सत्कमोंके द्वारा मनुष्यमें शुद्धि आ जाती है, तब वह तप और योगका आरम्भ करता है। अतः बहुत-से शुभकर्मोके फलस्वरूप उसे उत्तम लोकोंका भोग प्राप्त होता है

Transliteration

tapo-yoga-samārambhaṁ kurute dvija-sattama | karmabhir bahubhiś cāpi lokān aśnāti mānavaḥ ||

Translation

Der Jäger sprach: „O Bester der Brahmanen, ein Mensch beginnt mit Askese und Yoga erst, nachdem er vielerlei Handlungen vollzogen hat. Durch die Früchte dieser zahlreichen Taten gelangt der Mensch zum Genuss höherer Welten.“

Word by Word

तपःausterity

योगyoga, discipline

समारम्भम्beginning, undertaking

कुरुतेundertakes, begins

द्विजसत्तमO best of the twice-born

कर्मभिःby deeds

बहुभिःmany

चand

अपिalso, even

लोकान्worlds (realms)

अश्नातिenjoys, partakes of

मानवःa man, human

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyādha (the hunter, speaker)

dvija-sattama (addressed brāhmaṇa)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Spiritual practice (tapas and yoga) is typically preceded by a life of action; through many deeds one accrues results that lead to higher realms, and only then does one seriously commence austerity and yogic discipline.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Vyādha’s instruction to a brāhmaṇa, he explains the moral-spiritual progression from action (karma) and its fruits to the later undertaking of tapas and yoga, emphasizing how deeds shape one’s experiential ‘worlds’ (lokas).