Shloka 121
Adhyāya 199: Karma–Jñāna Causality and the Nirguṇa Brahman
Manu’s Instruction
एवं सोमे तथा वायौ भूम्याकाशशरीरग: । सरागस्तत्र वसति गुणांस्तेषां समाचरन्
evaṃ some tathā vāyau bhūmyākāśaśarīragaḥ | sarāgas tatra vasati guṇāṃs teṣāṃ samācaran ||
ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ຜູ້ທີ່ສວດສະຫິຕາ (Saṃhitā) ໃນຂະນະທີ່ຍັງມີຣາກະ (rāga) ຄວາມຍຶດຕິດຕາມຢູ່ ຈະໄດ້ຮັບຮ່າງກາຍທີ່ເໝາະສົມກັບໂລກພະຈັນ, ໂລກລົມ, ໂລກພື້ນດິນ ແລະ ອັນຕະຣິກສະ (antarikṣa) ແລ້ວພັກອາໄສຢູ່ທີ່ນັ້ນ ພ້ອມທັງສືບຕໍ່ປະພຶດຕາມຄຸນລັກສະນະຂອງສັດທີ່ອາໄສໃນໂລກເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນ—ຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນວ່າ ອຸປນິສັຍພາຍໃນເປັນຕົວກຳນົດທັງຈຸດໝາຍ ແລະ ການປະພຶດຫຼັງຈາກໄປຮອດ.
विरूप उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even meritorious practice (such as japa/recitation) yields destinations shaped by one’s inner attachment: with rāga still present, one attains various realms and continues to mirror the guṇas (dispositions) prevalent there. The verse stresses that liberation requires purification from attachment, not practice alone.
Virūpa describes the post-mortem trajectory of a practitioner: the reciter, if still passionate/attached, takes on bodies appropriate to the lunar, airy, earthly, and mid-space realms, resides in them, and behaves according to the qualities of their inhabitants—illustrating a cosmological map tied to ethical psychology.