Shloka 27

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

Devanagari script

अन्यो हि नाक्षाति कृतं हि कर्म मनुष्यलोके मनुजस्य कश्रित्‌ | यत्‌ तेन किंचिद्धि कृतं हि कर्म तदश्लुते नास्ति कृतस्य नाश:

Transliteration

anyo hi nākṣāti kṛtaṃ hi karma manuṣyaloke manujasya kaścit | yat tena kiñciddhi kṛtaṃ hi karma tadaśnute nāsti kṛtasya nāśaḥ ||

Translation

The hunter said: “In the world of men, no one can escape the consequences of actions once performed. Whatever deed a person has done—however small—its result must be experienced; there is no destruction or annulment of what has been done.”

Word by Word

अन्यःanother (person)

हिindeed/for

नnot

अश्नुतेenjoys/experiences/attains

कृतम्done, performed

हिindeed

कर्मdeed, action

मनुष्यलोकेin the world of men

मनुजस्यof a man

कश्चित्someone/anyone

यत्that which

तेनby him/thereby

किञ्चित्something, any (thing)

हिindeed

कृतम्done

हिindeed

कर्मdeed

तत्that (deed/result)

अश्नुतेenjoys/experiences

नnot

अस्तिis/exists

कृतस्यof what is done

नाशःdestruction, loss

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

vyādha (the hunter, speaker)

manuṣya/manuja (human being, generic)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes