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Shloka 10

Adhyāya 174: Karma as an inescapable companion (कर्मानुगमन-उपदेश)

तदयं तस्य वचनान्निहतो गौतमेन वै । तेनैवामृतसिक्तश्च पुन: संजीवितो बक:,ब्रह्माजीके उस वचनसे ही गौतमने इनका वध किया और ब्रह्माजीने ही पुनः: अमृत छिड़ककर राजधर्माको जीवन-दान दिया है

tad ayaṃ tasya vacanān nihato gautamena vai | tenaivāmṛtasiktaś ca punaḥ saṃjīvito bakaḥ ||

ビーシュマは言った。「かくして、その言葉ゆえに彼はまさしくガウタマに討たれ、また同じ力によって甘露(アムリタ)を注がれ、再び甦った。こうしてバカは命を取り戻したのである。」

तत्that (one/thing)
तत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अयम्this (he)
अयम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तस्यof him/that
तस्य:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
वचनात्from (his) word/command
वचनात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootवचन
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
निहतःkilled/slain
निहतः:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootनि-हन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, kta (past passive participle)
गौतमेनby Gautama
गौतमेन:
Karana
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootगौतम
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
वैindeed/verily
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
तेनby him/thereby
तेन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
एवalone/just/indeed
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
अमृत-सिक्तःsprinkled with nectar
अमृत-सिक्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअमृतसिक्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पुनःagain
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
संजीवितःrevived/brought back to life
संजीवितः:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-जीव्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, kta (past passive participle)
बकःBaka (the crane/demon named Baka)
बकः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
G
Gautama
B
Baka
A
Amrita

Educational Q&A

Speech and moral authority are portrayed as potent forces: a wrongful or fateful utterance can lead to punishment, yet the same higher authority can also restore life, suggesting that dharma includes both justice and compassionate restoration when appropriate.

Bhīṣma recounts that, due to a particular statement, Gautama struck the being down; afterward, through the sprinkling of nectar, Baka was revived and returned to life—linking consequence (death) and reversal (revival) to authoritative intervention.