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Shloka 24

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

हतं मया हतश्चान्यैर्हतं मे घातितं तथा ।

दत्तं ममाऽन्यैरन्येभ्यो मया दत्तमनेकशः ॥

hataṃ mayā hataś cānyair hataṃ me ghātitaṃ tathā /

dattaṃ mamānyair anyebhyo mayā dattam anekaśaḥ

Aku telah membunuh, dan aku juga telah dibunuh oleh orang lain; dan aku pun telah menyebabkan (orang lain) dibunuh. Apa yang milikku telah diberikan oleh orang lain kepada orang lain; dan aku juga telah memberi berkali-kali.

hatamkilled
hatam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeVerb
Root√han (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
FormKta-participle (past passive participle), Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Prathamā/Dvitīyā (1st/2nd), Ekavacana; used impersonally: 'killing done' / 'I was killed'
mayāby me
mayā:
Kartṛ-karaṇa (कर्ता/करण in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma, Tṛtīyā (3rd/तृतीया), Ekavacana; instrumental agent
hataḥkilled
hataḥ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeVerb
Root√han (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
FormKta-participle, Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; predicate
caand
ca:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormSamucchaya-nipāta
anyaiḥby others
anyaiḥ:
Kartṛ-karaṇa (कर्ता/करण in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā (3rd/तृतीया), Bahuvacana; instrumental agent
hatamkilled
hatam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeVerb
Root√han (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
FormKta-participle, Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana
meof me / my
me:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/षष्ठी), Ekavacana (enclitic)
ghātitamcaused to be killed
ghātitam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeVerb
Root√han (धातु) + ṇic (णिच् causative) + kta (कृत्)
FormCausative kta-participle (past passive participle), Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; 'caused to be killed'
tathālikewise
tathā:
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormPrakāra-avyaya (adverb: likewise)
dattamgiven
dattam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeVerb
Root√dā (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
FormKta-participle, Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; 'given'
mamamy / of me
mama:
Sambandha (षष्ठī-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/षष्ठी), Ekavacana
anyaiḥby others
anyaiḥ:
Kartṛ-karaṇa (कर्ता/करण in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā (3rd/तृतीया), Bahuvacana; instrumental agent
anyebhyaḥto others
anyebhyaḥ:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Caturthī (4th/चतुर्थी), Bahuvacana; recipient
mayāby me
mayā:
Kartṛ-karaṇa (कर्ता/करण in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma, Tṛtīyā (3rd/तृतीया), Ekavacana
dattamgiven
dattam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeVerb
Root√dā (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
FormKta-participle, Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana
anekaśaḥmany times
anekaśaḥ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootanekaśaḥ (अव्यय)
FormPrakāra/saṅkhyā-avyaya (adverb: many times/in many ways)
Unspecified speaker; reflective confession of karmic actions

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Karma (hiṃsā and dāna)Moral causalityNon-ownership/impermanence

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Acts of violence rebound through the cycle of births, and possessions do not remain ‘mine’; the verse encourages ahiṃsā, generosity, and relinquishment of possessiveness.

Didactic karma-teaching embedded in narrative discourse; loosely part of dharma exposition rather than cosmological categories.

Killer/killed/causer triad mirrors the bondage of doership (kartṛtva); release comes by transcending the sense of agency through knowledge.