Shloka 27
Go-apahāra (Cattle Theft), Go-dāna (Cow-Gift), and Suvarṇa-dakṣiṇā (Gold Fee): Karmic Consequence and Purificatory Merit
Devanagari script
कूपे55त्मानमध:शीर्षमपश्यं पतितश्न ह | तिर्यग्योनिमनुप्राप्तं न च मामजहात् स्मृति:,“कुएँमें गिरनेपर मैंने देखा, मुझे तिर्यग्योनि (गिरगिटकी देह) मिली है और मेरा सिर नीचेकी ओर है। इस योनिमें भी मेरी पूर्वजन्मोंकी स्मरणशक्तिने मेरा साथ नहीं छोड़ा है
Transliteration
kūpe ’tmānam adhaḥśīrṣam apaśyaṁ patitaś ca ha | tiryagyoniṁ anuprāptaṁ na ca mām ajahāt smṛtiḥ ||
Translation
When I fell into a well, I saw myself with my head downward. I had come to a non-human birth—a lizard’s body—yet my memory did not abandon me even in that state.
Word by Word
कूपेin a well
कूपे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकूप
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
आत्मानम्myself
आत्मानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अधःशीर्षम्with head downward
अधःशीर्षम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअधः-शीर्ष
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अपश्यम्I saw
अपश्यम्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada
पतितःhaving fallen
पतितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपतित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
हindeed
ह:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह
तिर्यग्योनिम्an animal birth (non-human womb)
तिर्यग्योनिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतिर्यग्योनि
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
अनुप्राप्तम्having obtained/reached
अनुप्राप्तम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअनु-प्राप्त
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
माम्me
माम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअहम्
FormAccusative, Singular
अजहात्abandoned/left
अजहात्:
TypeVerb
Rootहा
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
स्मृतिःmemory
स्मृतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्मृति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
स्मindeed/just (past emphasis)
स्म:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्म
Speaker
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Characters & Entities
K
kūpa (well)T
tiryagyoni (non-human birth, lizard-like body)S
smṛti (memory)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes