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Shloka 34

रावण–मारीचसंवादः तथा मृगप्रलोभनपूर्वकं सीताहरणोपक्रमः

Rāvaṇa–Mārīca Dialogue and the Decoy-Deer Prelude to Sītā’s Abduction

तत्रापि स महाभाग: सुखभागभिजायते । न चेत्‌ सम्बुध्यते तत्र गच्छत्यधमतां तत:,वहाँ भी वह महाभाग मानव सुखके साधनोंसे सम्पन्न होकर ही उत्पन्न होता है। परंतु यदि मानवयोनिमें वह अपने कर्तव्यको न समझे, तो उससे भी नीची योनिमें चला जाता है

tatrāpi sa mahābhāgaḥ sukhabhāgabhijāyate | na cet sambudhyate tatra gacchaty adhamatāṃ tataḥ ||

「人として生まれても、その幸運な者は幸福の分と手段とを備えて生を受ける。だが人間の身にあって目覚めず、自らの義務(ダルマ)を悟らぬなら、そこからさらに低い存在の境涯へと堕ちてゆく。」

तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
सःhe/that one
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महाभागःhighly fortunate/noble
महाभागः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहाभाग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सुखभागभिःby/with shares (means) of happiness
सुखभागभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसुखभाग
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
जायतेis born/arises
जायते:
TypeVerb
Rootजन्
FormPresent, Indicative, Atmanepada, Third, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
चेत्if
चेत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचेत्
सम्बुध्यतेunderstands/awakens to
सम्बुध्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + बुध्
FormPresent, Indicative, Atmanepada, Third, Singular
तत्रthere/in that state
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
गच्छतिgoes
गच्छति:
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
FormPresent, Indicative, Parasmaipada, Third, Singular
अधमताम्to a lower state/baseness
अधमताम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअधमता
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
ततःfrom there/thereafter
ततः:
Apadana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः

देवदूत उवाच

देवदूत (divine messenger)

Educational Q&A

Human birth, even when blessed with comfort and opportunity, is meaningful only if one awakens to dharma (one’s duty and moral responsibility). Failure to do so leads to ethical decline and consequent downfall into lower states of existence.

A divine messenger explains the moral logic of rebirth: a being may attain a fortunate human life, but if he does not recognize and follow his proper duty while human, he degenerates and is said to move toward lower forms or conditions.