Shloka 18

गङ्गाधारणम् (Gaṅgādhāraṇa) — Śiva Bears the Descent of Gaṅgā

Devanagari script

कपिल देवमासाद्य क्षणेन निधनं गता: । तेषामेवं विनष्टानां स्वर्गे वासो न विद्यते

Transliteration

kapila devam āsādya kṣaṇena nidhanaṃ gatāḥ | teṣām evaṃ vinaṣṭānāṃ svarge vāso na vidyate ||

Translation

神なるカピラに遭うや、彼らは瞬く間に滅び去った。かくして滅亡した者たちには、天上の住処は与えられない。

Word by Word

• कपिलम्: Kapila (sage)
• कपिलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपिल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• देवम्: the god/divine one
• देवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आसाद्य: having approached/encountered
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + सद्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• क्षणेन: in a moment; instantly
• क्षणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• निधनम्: death; destruction
• निधनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निधन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गताः: went; met (death); perished
• गताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used actively), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तेषाम्: of them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• एवम्: thus; in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• विनष्टानाम्: of those destroyed/perished
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + नश्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• स्वर्गे: in heaven
• स्वर्गे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• वासः: dwelling; residence
• वासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• विद्यते: exists; is found
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Lat (Present), Atmanepada, Third, Singular, Active (intransitive: 'exists')

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kapila

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Mere contact with the sacred does not guarantee spiritual reward; if one’s conduct is adharma and one meets destruction as a consequence, that end does not generate the merit that leads to heaven. Ethical action and right intention are central to attaining higher worlds.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker states that certain persons, upon encountering the divine sage Kapila, were destroyed instantly; because they perished in that culpable state, they are said to have no residence in heaven.