Shloka 11

Somaka–Jantu Ākhyāna: Desire-Driven Sacrifice and Shared Karmic Consequence

Devanagari script

अथ तं नरके घोरे पच्यमानं ददर्श सः । तमपृच्छत्‌ किमर्थ त्वं नरके पच्यसे द्विज

Transliteration

atha taṃ narake ghore pacyamānaṃ dadarśa saḥ | tam apṛcchat kimartha tvaṃ narake pacyase dvija ||

Translation

Then he saw that brāhmaṇa being tormented—burning—in a dreadful hell. He asked him: “For what reason are you being cooked in hell, O twice-born?”

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नरके: in hell
• नरके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• घोरे: terrible
• घोरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पच्यमानम्: being cooked/tormented
• पच्यमानम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: पच्
• Form: शानच् (present passive participle), Passive, Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ददर्श: saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अपृच्छत्: asked
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• किमर्थम्: for what reason/why
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम् + अर्थ

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• नरके: in hell
• नरके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पच्यसे: are being cooked/tormented
• Type: Verb
• Root: पच्
• Form: Present (लट्), 2nd, Singular, Atmanepada, Passive (कर्मणि)

• द्विज: O brahmin (twice-born)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

लोगमश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Lomasha
• a dvija (brāhmaṇa)
• naraka (hell)