Shloka 34

Adhyaya 10 — Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey

Sanskrit

किन्नु शापविकारोऽयं मुनिदेवकृतस्तव ।

यत्ते ज्ञानं तिरोभूतमाविर्भावमुपागतम् ॥

Transliteration

kinnu śāpa-vikāro ’yaṃ muni-deva-kṛtas tava | yat te jñānaṃ tiro-bhūtam āvir-bhāvam upāgatam ||

Translation

これはもしや、仙人あるいは神格によって下された呪詛による変化であって、かつて隠されていた汝の知が、いま顕現したということなのか。

Word by Word

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Interrogative particle (प्रश्नाव्यय)

• नु: indeed/then
• नु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु (अव्यय)
• Form: Interrogative/emphatic particle (प्रश्न/निश्चयार्थक नु)

• शापविकारः: a curse-induced alteration
• शापविकारः: Karta/Viṣaya (कर्ता/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप + विकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine; प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; ‘change due to a curse’

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine; प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; demonstrative qualifying शापविकारः

• मुनिदेवकृतः: done by the sage (munideva)
• मुनिदेवकृतः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुनिदेव + कृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine; प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; adjective qualifying शापविकारः; ‘done by the sage-deva (munideva)’

• तव: for you/of you
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• यत्: that (which)
• यत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Relative particle introducing clause (यद्-प्रयोगः; correlating with implied तत्)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन: ‘your’

• ज्ञानम्: knowledge
• ज्ञानम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter; प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• तिरोभूतम्: concealed/vanished
• तिरोभूतम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तिरस् + भू (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त); Neuter; प्रथमा, एकवचन; agreeing with ज्ञानम्; ‘having disappeared/been concealed’

• आविर्भावम्: manifestation
• आविर्भावम्: Gati/Karma (गति/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आविर्भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine; द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; goal/state reached

• उपागतम्: has come/attained
• उपागतम्: Kriyā (क्रिया/भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + गम् (धातु)
• Form: Past active participle (क्त); Neuter; प्रथमा, एकवचन; agreeing with ज्ञानम्; ‘having reached/attained’

Speakers

• Father (bird) to son (bird)

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "adbhuta", "secondaryRasa": "bhakti", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes

• Śāpa (curse) motif
• Hidden knowledge becoming manifest
• Karmic causation

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Human experience may shift due to unseen causes (karma, blessings, curses), yet the proper response is inquiry and right orientation rather than fear; the verse also acknowledges that knowledge can be obscured and later restored.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Narrative-didactic element; not directly a Pancalakṣaṇa unit, but uses common Purāṇic mechanisms (śāpa/vara) to explain discontinuities in memory and wisdom.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Curse’ can symbolize the binding power of saṃskāras that veil insight; ‘manifestation’ signifies the return of sattva and clarity when obscurations weaken.