Shloka 12

अध्याय १३२ — कर्मणा मनसा वाचा: स्वर्गमार्गः तथा आयुर्विपाकः

Adhyāya 132 — The path to heaven through deed, mind, and speech; karmic results for lifespan

Devanagari script

इदं च परम॑ गुहां सरहस्यं निबोधत । श्राद्धकल्पे च दैवे च तैर्थिके पर्वणीषु च

Transliteration

gārgya uvāca | idaṃ ca paramaṃ guhāṃ sa-rahasyaṃ nibodhata | śrāddhakalpe ca daive ca tairthike parvaṇīṣu ca |

Translation

Gārgya dit : «Comprenez aussi ceci : cet enseignement suprême et caché, avec sa raison intérieure. Il vaut pour la juste procédure du śrāddha, pour les rites offerts aux dieux, pour les observances liées aux tīrtha (pèlerinages) et pour les jours sacrés de fête (parvan).»

Word by Word

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• परम्: supreme, highest
• परम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गुह्यम्: secret
• गुह्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुह्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• स-रहस्यम्: with its mystery; along with the secret
• स-रहस्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रहस्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• निबोधत: understand; learn
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-बुध्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Plural, Parasmaipada

• श्राद्ध-कल्पे: in the śrāddha-rite procedure
• श्राद्ध-कल्पे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्धकल्प
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• दैवे: in (rites) for the gods; in divine (offerings)
• दैवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: दैव
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• तैर्थिके: in (rites) connected with a tīrtha (pilgrimage place)
• तैर्थिके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तैर्थिक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पर्वणीषु: on festival/holy days; at parvan times
• पर्वणीषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

गार्ग्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Gārgya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That a ‘supreme, hidden’ principle (rahasya) underlies and governs multiple domains of dharmic practice—ancestral śrāddha, offerings to the gods, pilgrimage observances, and rites performed on sacred parvan days—implying a unifying ethical-ritual standard rather than isolated ceremonies.

What is happening in the narrative?

Gārgya, as the speaker, signals a transition into a more confidential or subtle instruction. He urges the listener(s) to grasp an important teaching that will be applied across several ritual contexts (śrāddha, daiva rites, tīrtha-related acts, and festival/parvan observances).