Shloka 32
Devanagari script
त्रीणि स्थानानि भूतानां चतुर्थ नोपपद्यते
Transliteration
trīṇi sthānāni bhūtānāṃ caturtha nopapadyate
Translation
ພຣະວາຍຸກ່າວວ່າ: «ສຳລັບສັດມີຊີວິດ ມີສະຖານະ ຫຼື ທາງໄປໄດ້ພຽງສາມ; ອັນທີສີ່ບໍ່ຄວນເກີດຂຶ້ນ.»
Word by Word
त्रीणिthree
त्रीणि:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
स्थानानिplaces/positions/abodes
स्थानानि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्थान
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
भूतानाम्of beings/creatures
भूतानाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभूत
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
चतुर्थम्a fourth (one)
चतुर्थम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootचतुर्थ
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
उपपद्यतेis possible/occurs/is admitted
उपपद्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootउप√पद्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
व
वायुदेव (Vāyudeva)भ
भूत (bhūta, living beings)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse asserts a fixed, limited framework for the possible ‘states/destinations’ of beings—three are recognized, and any proposed fourth is rejected as untenable. Ethically, it implies that moral and karmic life operates within an ordered structure rather than arbitrary outcomes.
Vāyudeva is speaking and lays down a doctrinal point in concise form: beings are understood to fall into three categories of condition or destination, and he denies the validity of a fourth alternative, setting boundaries for the discussion that follows.