Shloka 60

Sarasvatī–Tārkṣya Saṃvāda: Agnihotra-vidhi, Dāna-phala, and Mokṣa-prasaṅga (सरस्वती–तार्क्ष्यसंवादः)

Devanagari script

ऐहलौकिकमेवेह उताहो पारलौकिकम्‌ | क्व च कर्माणि तिष्ठन्ति जन्तो: प्रेतस्य भार्गव,'भृगुनन्दन! कर्मोका फल इसी लोकमें प्राप्त होता है या परलोकमें? प्राणीकी मृत्यु हो जानेपर उसके कर्म कहाँ रहते हैं?

Transliteration

aihalaukikam eveha utāho pāralaukikam | kva ca karmāṇi tiṣṭhanti jantoḥ pretasya bhārgava, bhṛgunandana |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O Bhārgava, delight of the Bhṛgus—does the fruit of action come to a being here in this very world, or in the world beyond? And when a creature has died and become a departed spirit, where do its deeds abide?”

Word by Word

ऐहिकम्worldly (of this world)

लौकिकम्mundane, pertaining to the world

एवindeed, only

इहhere

उतor else, or

अहोindeed; (emphatic particle)

पारलौकिकम्other-worldly, belonging to the next world

क्वwhere?

चand

कर्माणिactions, deeds

तिष्ठन्तिstand, remain

जन्तोःof the creature, of the living being

प्रेतस्यof the departed (dead person)

भार्गवO Bhārgava (descendant of Bhṛgu)

भृगुनन्दनO delight/son of Bhṛgu

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhārgava (a Bhṛgu-line sage, addressed)

Bhṛgu (lineage implied)

Preta (the departed being)

Sandhi Notes