Shloka 29

पञ्चवर्णोत्पत्तिः — The Origin of the Five-Colored Fiery Being and Ritual-Disruptor Lineages

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मण उवाच कथं सम्भवते योनौ कथं वा पुण्यपापयो: । जाती: पुण्यास्त्वपुण्याश्ष कथं गच्छति सत्तम,ब्राह्मणने पूछा--सत्पुरुषोंमें श्रेष्ठ जीव दूसरी योनिमें कैसे जन्म लेता है, पाप और पुण्यसे उसका सम्बन्ध किस प्रकार होता है तथा उसे पुण्ययोनि और पापयोनिकी प्राप्ति कैसे होती है?

Transliteration

brāhmaṇa uvāca kathaṁ sambhavate yonau kathaṁ vā puṇyapāpayoḥ | jātīḥ puṇyās tv apuṇyāś ca kathaṁ gacchati sattama ||

Translation

The Brāhmaṇa said: “How does a being come to be born in a particular womb? How, indeed, is it connected with merit and sin? And how does the best of the good attain births that are meritorious, and births that are unmeritorious?”

Word by Word

ब्राह्मणःthe Brahmin

उवाचsaid

कथम्how?

सम्भवतेcomes to be / is born / arises

योनौin a womb / in a birth-state

कथम्how?

वाor

पुण्यपापयोःof merit and sin

जातीःbirths / kinds (of births)

पुण्याःmeritorious

तुbut / indeed

अपुण्याःdemeritorious / sinful

कथम्how?

गच्छतिgoes / attains

सत्तमO best of the good

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Brāhmaṇa (speaker)

sattama (addressed virtuous person)

Sandhi Notes