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Shloka 89

देवतापितृप्रश्नः — Nārada at Badarīāśrama: the ultimate referent of daiva and pitṛ worship

संचिनोत्यशुभं कर्म कलत्रापेक्षया नर: | ततः क्लेशमवाप्रोति परत्रेह तथैव च,मनुष्य अपनी स्त्रीके लिये अशुभ कर्मका संचय करता है, फिर उसके फलरूपमें इहलोक और परलोकमें भी कष्ट उठाता है

sañcinoty aśubhaṃ karma kalatrāpekṣayā naraḥ | tataḥ kleśam avāpnoti paratreha tathaiva ca ||

Vyāsa said: A man, out of attachment and dependence upon his wife, accumulates sinful deeds. From that he comes to grief—suffering the consequences both here in this world and likewise in the world beyond.

संचिनोतिaccumulates, gathers
संचिनोति:
TypeVerb
Rootसञ्चि (चि)
FormLat (Present Indicative), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
अशुभम्inauspicious, evil
अशुभम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअशुभ
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
कर्मdeed, action
कर्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
कलत्रापेक्षयाout of regard for (dependence on) one’s wife
कलत्रापेक्षया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootकलत्रापेक्षा
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
ततःthereupon, then
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
क्लेशम्distress, suffering
क्लेशम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootक्लेश
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अवाप्नोतिattains, obtains
अवाप्नोति:
TypeVerb
Rootअवाप्
FormLat (Present Indicative), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
परत्रin the other world, hereafter
परत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरत्र
इहhere, in this world
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
तथाso, likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyasa
W
wife (kalatra)
M
man (nara)

Educational Q&A

Attachment-driven partiality can push a person into unethical actions; such aśubha-karma inevitably yields kleśa—suffering—both in this life (iha) and after death (paratra).

In the didactic discourse of the Śānti Parva, Vyāsa states a moral principle: when a man acts wrongly for the sake of his wife due to dependence/attachment, he stores up sin and later experiences its painful results in both worlds.