Shloka 79
Devanagari script
पिपीलिकस्तु मासांस्त्रीन् कीट: स्यान्मासमेव तु । एतानासाद्य संसारान् कृमियोनौ प्रजायते
Transliteration
pipīlikas tu māsāṁs trīn kīṭaḥ syān māsam eva tu | etān āsādya saṁsārān kṛmiyonau prajāyate ||
Translation
ನಂತರ ಅವನು ಮೂರು ತಿಂಗಳು ಇರುವೆಯಾಗಿ, ಒಂದು ತಿಂಗಳು ಕೀಟವಾಗಿ ಇರುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಈ ಸಂಸಾರಚಕ್ರಗಳನ್ನು ಅನುಭವಿಸಿ, ಅವನು ಮತ್ತೆ ಕೃಮಿಯೋನಿಯಲ್ಲೇ ಜನ್ಮ ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಾನೆ।
Word by Word
पिपीलिकःant (as a being)
पिपीलिकः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपिपीलिका
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
मासान्months
मासान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमास
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
त्रीन्three
त्रीन्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
कीटःworm/insect
कीटः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकीट
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
स्यात्would be/becomes
स्यात्:
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (भू)
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
मासम्a month
मासम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमास
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
एवonly/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
एतान्these
एतान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
आसाद्यhaving reached/after undergoing
आसाद्य:
TypeVerb
Rootआ + सद्
FormAbsolutive (Gerund/Lyap), Parasmaipada (usage)
संसारान्cycles/rounds of existence
संसारान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसंसार
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
कृमियोनौin the womb/species of a worm
कृमियोनौ:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकृमियोनि
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
प्रजायतेis born/arises
प्रजायते:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + जन्
FormPresent (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada
Speaker
युधिछिर उवाच
Characters & Entities
Y
YudhiṣṭhiraP
pipīlikā (ant)K
kīṭa (insect/worm)K
kṛmi-yoni (worm-womb/species)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
That saṁsāra operates through moral causality: one’s deeds can lead to degraded, repetitive births, so ethical living is urged to avoid falling into low and painful forms of existence.
Yudhiṣṭhira is describing a sequence of low births (ant and worm) and the recurrence of worm-birth after cycling through such states, as part of a broader discussion on the consequences of actions and the mechanics of rebirth.