Shloka 42

Dehānta (Cyavana) and Upapatti: Kāśyapa’s Questions and the Siddha’s Account of Death, Pain, and Karmic Re-embodiment

Devanagari script

उपपत्तिं तु वक्ष्यामि गर्भस्याहमत: परम्‌ । तथा तनन्‍्मे निगदतः: शृणुष्वावहितो द्विज

Transliteration

upapattiṁ tu vakṣyāmi garbhasyāham ataḥ param | tathā tan me nigadataḥ śṛṇuṣvāvahito dvija ||

Translation

ಇನ್ನು ಮುಂದೆ ನಾನು ಗರ್ಭದ ಉಪಪತ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ಕ್ರಮವಾಗಿ ಹೇಳುತ್ತೇನೆ—ಜೀವವು ಹೇಗೆ ಗರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರವೇಶಿಸಿ ದೇಹವನ್ನು ಧರಿಸಿ ಜನ್ಮದತ್ತ ಸಾಗುತ್ತದೆ ಎಂಬುದನ್ನು. ಓ ದ್ವಿಜ, ಏಕಾಗ್ರಚಿತ್ತನಾಗಿ ನನ್ನ ಮಾತನ್ನು ಕೇಳು.

Word by Word

• उपपत्तिम्: explanation, account
• उपपत्तिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपपत्ति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• वक्ष्यामि: I will tell
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गर्भस्य: of the embryo/womb
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• अतः: thereafter, from this point
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः

• परम्: further, next
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• तत्: that (matter)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मे: to me / of me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Dative/Genitive, Singular

• निगदतः: of (me) speaking/declaring
• Type: Verb
• Root: निगदत्
• Form: Śatṛ (present active participle), Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• शृणुष्व: listen
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), Second, Singular, Ātmanepada

• अवहितः: attentive, concentrated
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवहित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्विज: O twice-born (brahmin)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

सिद्ध उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Siddha
• Dvija (Brahmin listener)
• Garbha (womb/embryo)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse introduces a systematic explanation of how life takes embodiment in the womb, emphasizing disciplined listening and careful transmission of knowledge.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Siddha addresses a Brahmin and signals a transition into a detailed account of conception and fetal development—presented as an instructive, authoritative discourse to be heard with full attention.