Shloka 21

प्रजाविसर्ग-तत्त्वनिर्णयः | Cosmogony of Elemental Emergence

Bharadvāja–Bhṛgu Dialogue

Devanagari script

कृतानां फलमप्राप्तं कर्मणां कर्मसंज्ञितम्‌ । क्षेत्रापणगृहासक्तं मृत्युरादाय गच्छति,मनुष्य अपने खेत, दूकान और घरमें ही फँसा रहता है, उसके किये हुए उन कर्मोंका फल मिलने भी नहीं पाता, उसके पहले ही उस कर्मासक्त मनुष्यको मृत्यु उठा ले जाती है

Transliteration

kṛtānāṃ phalam aprāptaṃ karmaṇāṃ karmasaṃjñitam | kṣetrāpaṇagṛhāsaktaṃ mṛtyur ādāya gacchati ||

Translation

Bhishma said: The fruit of deeds already done often remains unreaped; while a man is still engrossed in what he calls ‘work’—clinging to his field, his shop, and his home—Death comes and carries him away.

Word by Word

कृतानाम्of the done (deeds)

फलम्fruit/result

अप्राप्तम्not obtained

कर्मणाम्of actions

कर्मसंज्ञितम्called/known as 'karma'

क्षेत्रfield

आपणshop/market

गृहhouse

आसक्तम्attached/clinging

मृत्युःdeath

आदायhaving taken away

गच्छतिgoes

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Mṛtyu (Death)

kṣetra (field)

āpaṇa (shop/market)

gṛha (home)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes