Shloka 23
Genealogy of the Ancestors (Pitṛs) and the Procedure of Śrāddha
तस्मात्त्वं सुकृतं कृत्वा प्राप्स्यसे प्रेत्य यत्फलम् । अष्टाविंशे भवित्री त्वं द्वापरे मत्स्ययोनिजा
tasmāttvaṃ sukṛtaṃ kṛtvā prāpsyase pretya yatphalam | aṣṭāviṃśe bhavitrī tvaṃ dvāpare matsyayonijā
Darum wirst du, nachdem du verdienstvolle Taten vollbracht hast, nach dem Tod die entsprechende Frucht erlangen. In der achtundzwanzigsten (Zeit) wirst du im Dvāpara-Yuga geboren werden, aus einem Fischleib hervorgegangen.
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Concept: Sukṛta (merit) yields post-death फल (phala) and determines future embodiment across yugas.
Application: Treat daily duties—truthfulness, charity, restraint, honoring elders—as investments whose results mature beyond this life; act with long-horizon accountability.
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A seer-like figure speaks a luminous prophecy as a lotus-patterned cosmic clock turns through yugas in the sky. Below, a shimmering river eddies into the form of a great fish, hinting at an unusual womb and a destined birth that will alter sacred history.","primary_figures":["prophetic sage (unnamed)","destined woman-to-be (symbolic silhouette)","cosmic fish motif","subtle presence of Viṣṇu as sustaining radiance"],"setting":"Mythic riverside with celestial yuga-wheel in the heavens, faint constellations and lotus motifs.","lighting_mood":"divine radiance","color_palette":["sapphire blue","lotus pink","antique gold","river-silver","deep indigo"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: a radiant sage delivering a prophecy beside a stylized silver-blue river; above, a gold-leaf yuga-wheel with lotus petals and tiny celestial beings; a symbolic fish formed from jeweled water patterns; rich crimson and emerald borders, gem-studded ornaments, heavy gold leaf halos, South Indian iconographic symmetry.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: delicate sage and listener on a quiet riverbank; translucent fish-shape in rippling water; a soft, circular yuga-wheel in the sky like a mandala; cool blues and greens, lyrical naturalism, refined faces, distant hills and flowering trees, fine linework and gentle shading.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold outlined sage with expressive eyes, river rendered in rhythmic curves forming a fish emblem; yuga-wheel mandala overhead; natural pigment palette with dominant reds, yellows, greens; temple-wall composition with ornamental lotus borders and controlled flat color fields.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: central lotus mandala as yuga-wheel, river below with fish motif; intricate floral borders, peacocks at corners, deep indigo background with gold highlights; subtle Viṣṇu-presence as a glowing lotus-navel motif, highly detailed textile patterning."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"narrative","suggested_raga":"Yaman","pace":"moderate-narrative","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["soft temple bells","flowing water","low drone (tanpura)","distant conch shell"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: तस्मात्+त्वम्→तस्मात्त्वम्; यत्+फलम्→यत्फलम्.
FAQs
It teaches that virtuous action (sukṛta) yields results after death, and it links karmic fruits to a specific future rebirth.
It literally means “born from a fish-womb,” indicating an extraordinary or specific origin for a future birth, framed here as a karmic destiny.
It situates the predicted rebirth in the Dvāpara Yuga and even specifies an ordinal count (“twenty-eighth”), reflecting Purāṇic time-reckoning and cyclical ages.