Shloka 20
Go-apahāra (Cattle Theft), Go-dāna (Cow-Gift), and Suvarṇa-dakṣiṇā (Gold Fee): Karmic Consequence and Purificatory Merit
Devanagari script
एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु चोदित: कालधर्मणा । पितृलोकमहं प्राप्य धर्मराजमुपागमम्,“इसी बीचमें कालकी प्रेरणासे मैं मृत्युको प्राप्त हुआ और पितृलोकमें पहुँचकर धर्मराजसे मिला
Transliteration
etasminneva kāle tu coditaḥ kāladharmaṇā | pitṛlokam ahaṃ prāpya dharmarājam upāgamam ||
Translation
At that very time, impelled by the law of Time—the inevitable ordinance of death—I met my end. Having reached the world of the ancestors, I approached Dharmarāja (Yama), the sovereign who judges beings according to their deeds.
Word by Word
एतस्मिन्in this
एतस्मिन्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
कालेtime
काले:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकाल
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
तुbut/and
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
चोदितःimpelled/urged
चोदितः:
TypeVerb
Rootचुद्
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular, passive (PPP)
कालधर्मणाby the law/ordainment of Time
कालधर्मणा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootकालधर्म
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
पितृलोकम्the world of the Fathers (Pitṛs)
पितृलोकम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपितृलोक
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Nominative, Singular
प्राप्यhaving reached
प्राप्य:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + आप्
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), active
धर्मराजम्Dharmarāja (Yama)
धर्मराजम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधर्मराज
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
उपागमम्I approached/met
उपागमम्:
TypeVerb
Rootउप + गम्
Formलुङ् (aorist), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada
Speaker
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Characters & Entities
ब
ब्राह्मण (narrator/speaker)क
काल (Time, as cosmic principle)प
पितृलोक (world of the ancestors)ध
धर्मराज (Yama)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes