Shloka 12

अध्याय १३२ — कर्मणा मनसा वाचा: स्वर्गमार्गः तथा आयुर्विपाकः

Adhyāya 132 — The path to heaven through deed, mind, and speech; karmic results for lifespan

Devanagari script

इदं च परम॑ गुहां सरहस्यं निबोधत । श्राद्धकल्पे च दैवे च तैर्थिके पर्वणीषु च

Transliteration

gārgya uvāca | idaṃ ca paramaṃ guhāṃ sa-rahasyaṃ nibodhata | śrāddhakalpe ca daive ca tairthike parvaṇīṣu ca |

Translation

ഇതും ഗ്രഹിക്കുവിൻ—ഇത് പരമഗുഹ്യമായ ഉപദേശം, രഹസ്യസഹിതം. ശ്രാദ്ധവിധിയിൽ, ദേവാർപ്പിത കർമങ്ങളിൽ, തീർത്ഥാനുഷ്ഠാനങ്ങളിൽ, പർവ്വദിനങ്ങളിലും ഇതിന് പ്രയോഗമുണ്ട്.

Word by Word

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• परम्: supreme, highest
• परम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गुह्यम्: secret
• गुह्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुह्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• स-रहस्यम्: with its mystery; along with the secret
• स-रहस्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रहस्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• निबोधत: understand; learn
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-बुध्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Plural, Parasmaipada

• श्राद्ध-कल्पे: in the śrāddha-rite procedure
• श्राद्ध-कल्पे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्धकल्प
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• दैवे: in (rites) for the gods; in divine (offerings)
• दैवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: दैव
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• तैर्थिके: in (rites) connected with a tīrtha (pilgrimage place)
• तैर्थिके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तैर्थिक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पर्वणीषु: on festival/holy days; at parvan times
• पर्वणीषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

गार्ग्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Gārgya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That a ‘supreme, hidden’ principle (rahasya) underlies and governs multiple domains of dharmic practice—ancestral śrāddha, offerings to the gods, pilgrimage observances, and rites performed on sacred parvan days—implying a unifying ethical-ritual standard rather than isolated ceremonies.

What is happening in the narrative?

Gārgya, as the speaker, signals a transition into a more confidential or subtle instruction. He urges the listener(s) to grasp an important teaching that will be applied across several ritual contexts (śrāddha, daiva rites, tīrtha-related acts, and festival/parvan observances).