Shloka 4
कर्मनाशाभावः, गर्भे जीवप्रवेशः, आचारधर्मोपदेशः
Karma’s Non-Extinction, Jīva’s Entry into the Embryo, and Instruction on Conduct-Dharma
यथा कर्मसमाविष्ट: काममन्युसमावृतः । नरो गर्भ प्रविशति तच्चापि शृणु चोत्तरम्,काम-क्रोधसे घिरा हुआ मनुष्य जिस प्रकार कर्मजालमें आबद्ध होकर गर्भमें प्रवेश करता है, उसका भी उत्तर सुनो
yathā karmasamāviṣṭaḥ kāmamanyusamāvṛtaḥ | naro garbhaṁ praviśati tac cāpi śṛṇu cottaram ||
The Brāhmaṇa said: “Just as a man, entangled in the momentum of his own deeds and veiled by desire and anger, enters the womb (to be born again), so too hear the further answer about this.”
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
A person’s rebirth is portrayed as propelled by karma and psychologically driven by desire and anger; ethical self-mastery (restraining kāma and manyu) is implied as essential for breaking the cycle of compulsive action and repeated birth.
A Brāhmaṇa speaker continues an instructive discourse, using the image of a man entering the womb—conditioned by past deeds and inner passions—and invites the listener to hear the subsequent explanation (uttara) that follows this point.