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Shloka 163

अधोलोकवर्णनम् (Adholoka-varṇana) — Description of the Lower Worlds and Cosmographic Measures

Devanagari script

जायमानास्तु पूर्वे वै पश्चिमानां गृहे ष्विह / पश्चिमाश्चैव पूर्वेषां जायन्ते निधनेष्वपि

Transliteration

jāyamānāstu pūrve vai paścimānāṃ gṛhe ṣviha / paścimāścaiva pūrveṣāṃ jāyante nidhaneṣvapi

Translation

Here the former are born in the houses of the latter, and the latter are born in the houses of the former—even after death as well.

Word by Word

जायमानाःbeing born

तुbut/indeed

पूर्वेthe former/earlier ones

वैindeed

पश्चिमानाम्of the later ones

गृहेषुin houses

इहhere

पश्चिमाःthe later ones

चand

एवindeed

पूर्वेषाम्of the former ones

जायन्तेare born

निधनेषुat deaths/endings

अपिalso/even