Shloka 23
Genealogy of the Ancestors (Pitṛs) and the Procedure of Śrāddha
तस्मात्त्वं सुकृतं कृत्वा प्राप्स्यसे प्रेत्य यत्फलम् । अष्टाविंशे भवित्री त्वं द्वापरे मत्स्ययोनिजा
tasmāttvaṃ sukṛtaṃ kṛtvā prāpsyase pretya yatphalam | aṣṭāviṃśe bhavitrī tvaṃ dvāpare matsyayonijā
Oleh itu, setelah melakukan amal kebajikan, engkau akan memperoleh buah yang datang sesudah kematian. Pada kali yang kedua puluh lapan, engkau akan lahir dalam Dvāpara Yuga, sebagai yang terlahir dari yoni ikan.
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Concept: Sukṛta (merit) yields post-death फल (phala) and determines future embodiment across yugas.
Application: Treat daily duties—truthfulness, charity, restraint, honoring elders—as investments whose results mature beyond this life; act with long-horizon accountability.
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A seer-like figure speaks a luminous prophecy as a lotus-patterned cosmic clock turns through yugas in the sky. Below, a shimmering river eddies into the form of a great fish, hinting at an unusual womb and a destined birth that will alter sacred history.","primary_figures":["prophetic sage (unnamed)","destined woman-to-be (symbolic silhouette)","cosmic fish motif","subtle presence of Viṣṇu as sustaining radiance"],"setting":"Mythic riverside with celestial yuga-wheel in the heavens, faint constellations and lotus motifs.","lighting_mood":"divine radiance","color_palette":["sapphire blue","lotus pink","antique gold","river-silver","deep indigo"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: a radiant sage delivering a prophecy beside a stylized silver-blue river; above, a gold-leaf yuga-wheel with lotus petals and tiny celestial beings; a symbolic fish formed from jeweled water patterns; rich crimson and emerald borders, gem-studded ornaments, heavy gold leaf halos, South Indian iconographic symmetry.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: delicate sage and listener on a quiet riverbank; translucent fish-shape in rippling water; a soft, circular yuga-wheel in the sky like a mandala; cool blues and greens, lyrical naturalism, refined faces, distant hills and flowering trees, fine linework and gentle shading.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold outlined sage with expressive eyes, river rendered in rhythmic curves forming a fish emblem; yuga-wheel mandala overhead; natural pigment palette with dominant reds, yellows, greens; temple-wall composition with ornamental lotus borders and controlled flat color fields.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: central lotus mandala as yuga-wheel, river below with fish motif; intricate floral borders, peacocks at corners, deep indigo background with gold highlights; subtle Viṣṇu-presence as a glowing lotus-navel motif, highly detailed textile patterning."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"narrative","suggested_raga":"Yaman","pace":"moderate-narrative","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["soft temple bells","flowing water","low drone (tanpura)","distant conch shell"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: तस्मात्+त्वम्→तस्मात्त्वम्; यत्+फलम्→यत्फलम्.
FAQs
It teaches that virtuous action (sukṛta) yields results after death, and it links karmic fruits to a specific future rebirth.
It literally means “born from a fish-womb,” indicating an extraordinary or specific origin for a future birth, framed here as a karmic destiny.
It situates the predicted rebirth in the Dvāpara Yuga and even specifies an ordinal count (“twenty-eighth”), reflecting Purāṇic time-reckoning and cyclical ages.