Shloka 11

कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः

Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma

Devanagari script

तस्मात्‌ तवान्तको मृत्युर्जरा वा देहनाशिनी । नत्वां विशति विप्रर्षे प्रसादात्‌ परमेछ्चिन:,इसीलिये सबको मारनेवाली मृत्यु तथा शरीरको जर्जर बना देनेवाली जरा आपका स्पर्श नहीं करती है। ब्रह्मर्ष! इसमें भगवान्‌ परमेष्ठीका कृपाप्रसाद ही कारण है

Transliteration

tasmāt tavāntako mṛtyur jarā vā dehanāśinī | na tvāṁ viśati viprarṣe prasādāt parameṣṭhinaḥ ||

Translation

ゆえに、婆羅門の中でも最勝の見者よ、万有を終わらせる死も、身を蝕む老いも、汝に触れることはできぬ。この朽ちと死からの解放は、パラメーシュティ（梵天ブラフマー）の慈恩によるのである。

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore / from that (cause)
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्
• Form: ablative (pañcamī), singular, masculine/neuter (pronominal)

• तव: of you / your
• तव: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: genitive (ṣaṣṭhī), singular

• अन्तकः: Death (the ender)
• अन्तकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तक
• Form: masculine, nominative (prathamā), singular

• मृत्युः: death
• मृत्युः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु
• Form: masculine, nominative (prathamā), singular

• जरा: old age / decay
• जरा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरा
• Form: feminine, nominative (prathamā), singular

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा
• Form: particle

• देह-नाशिनी: destroying the body
• देह-नाशिनी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देहनाशिनी
• Form: feminine, nominative (prathamā), singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न
• Form: negation

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: accusative (dvitīyā), singular

• विशति: enters / affects / touches
• Type: Verb
• Root: विश्
• Form: present (laṭ), parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular

• विप्र-ऋषे: O brahmin-sage
• Type: Noun (vocative address)
• Root: विप्रऋषि
• Form: masculine, vocative (sambोधन), singular

• प्रसादात्: from (divine) grace / by favor
• प्रसादात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद
• Form: masculine, ablative (pañcamī), singular

• परमेष्ठिनः: of Parameṣṭhin (the Supreme Lord/Brahmā)
• परमेष्ठिनः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun (proper epithet)
• Root: परमेष्ठिन्
• Form: masculine, genitive (ṣaṣṭhī), singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Antaka (Death)
• Mṛtyu (Death)
• Jarā (Old age)
• Parameṣṭhī (Brahmā)
• Viprarṣi (addressed Brahmin sage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes that freedom from death and bodily decay is not merely personal strength but the result of divine grace (prasāda) bestowed by Parameṣṭhī (Brahmā), highlighting the ethical idea that higher protection and extraordinary states depend on divine favor and merit.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana explains to the listener that the addressed Brahmin sage is untouched by death and old age; the narrator attributes this exceptional condition to the gracious blessing of Parameṣṭhī (Brahmā).