Shloka 85

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

Sanskrit

एवं सहस्रमुत्तीर्णो योजनानां विमुच्यते ।

ततो 'न्यं पापशुद्ध्यर्थं तादृङ्निरयमृच्छति ॥

Transliteration

evaṃ sahasramuttīrṇo yojanānāṃ vimucyate | tato 'nyaṃ pāpaśuddhyarthaṃ tādṛṅnirayamṛcchati ||

Translation

かくして千ヨージャナを渡り終えると、彼は（その責め苦から）解き放たれる。ついで他の罪を浄めるため、同類の別の地獄へと赴く。

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (प्रकारवाचक अव्यय)

• sahasram: a thousand
• sahasram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन) (measure/extent)

• uttīrṇaḥ: having crossed
• uttīrṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ut + tṝ (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Past participle (क्त-कृदन्त) 'having crossed'; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• yojanānām: of yojanas
• yojanānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yojana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• vimucyate: is released
• vimucyate: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + muc (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); passive sense 'is released'

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: Ablatival adverb (तसिलन्त अव्यय): 'then/from there'

• anyam: another
• anyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• pāpa-śuddhi-artham: for purification of sin
• pāpa-śuddhi-artham: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + śuddhi (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Purpose-accusative used adverbially; Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष): 'for the purpose (artha) of purification (śuddhi) of sin (pāpa)'; Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन) functioning as avyaya-like

• tādṛk: such
• tādṛk: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tādṛś (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Demonstrative adjective (तादृश्); Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन) (before nirayam)

• nirayam: hell
• nirayam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niraya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• ṛcchati: goes/attains
• ṛcchati: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ṛ (धातु) (गत्यर्थे)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

Speakers

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Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Karma
• Purification
• Naraka
• Moral causality

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Suffering is portrayed as exhaustible in proportion to deeds: pāpa is ‘worked off’ through experience, reinforcing accountability and the hope of eventual release through purification.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Didactic karmaphala teaching; ancillary to pancalakṣaṇa, serving dharma instruction through afterlife cosmology.

What is the esoteric significance?

The ‘crossing’ motif encodes inner tapas: repeated confrontations with the fruits of one’s actions gradually burn impurities, though the cycle continues until all residues are resolved.