Shloka 6

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

Sanskrit

एतन्मे ब्रूत सकलं सन्देहोक्तिविवर्जितम् ।

तदेतत् परमं गुह्यं यत्र मुह्यन्ति जन्तवः ॥

Transliteration

etan me brūta sakalaṃ sandehokti-vivarjitam |

tad etat paramaṃ guhyaṃ yatra muhyanti jantavaḥ ||

Translation

ຂໍໃຫ້ທ່ານເລົ່າໃຫ້ຂ້ອຍຟັງທັງໝົດໃຫ້ຄົບຖ້ວນ ໂດຍບໍ່ມີຖ້ອຍຄໍາທີ່ເຮັດໃຫ້ເກີດຄວາມສົງໄສ. ເພາະນີ້ແມ່ນຄວາມລັບສູງສຸດ—ທີ່ນີ້ສັດທັງຫຼາຍຖືກຫຼົງງົດງົງ.

Word by Word

• एतत्: this (matter)
• एतत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-शब्द

• मे: my / to me
• मे: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ब्रूत: tell (you all)
• ब्रूत: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• सकलम्: entire, complete
• सकलम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying एतत्)

• सन्देह-उक्ति-विवर्जितम्: free from doubtful statements
• सन्देह-उक्ति-विवर्जितम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सन्देह (प्रातिपदिक) + उक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + विवर्जित (कृदन्त; वि+वर्ज् धातु, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सन्देह-उक्ति-रहितम्)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एतत्: this (very)
• एतत्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (तद् के साथ पुनरुक्ति)

• परमम्: supreme, highest
• परमम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (गुह्यम्)

• गुह्यम्: secret (thing)
• गुह्यम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुह्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• यत्र: where, in which
• यत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्ध/देशवाचक (relative adverb: where/in which)

• मुह्यन्ति: become deluded
• मुह्यन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present/वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• जन्तवः: creatures, beings
• जन्तवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

Speakers

• Jaimini to the Birds (Dharmapakṣīs)

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "bhakti", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes

• Esoteric doctrine
• Limits of ordinary understanding
• Need for precise teaching
• Soteriology (implied)

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Serious inquiry requires clarity and disciplined listening; confusion about life and death is a core human delusion, and accurate teaching is itself a dharmic act.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Meta-instruction that frames forthcoming doctrinal exposition; it is not a pancalakṣaṇa item itself but introduces teaching that commonly supports Sarga/Pratisarga and dharma.

What is the esoteric significance?

Calling it ‘supremely secret’ signals that the explanation will likely invoke subtle-body, karma, and consciousness doctrines—truths hidden not by prohibition but by the dullness (moha) of untrained perception.