Shloka 6

Adhyaya 13 — The Son’s Account of Hell and the Question of Unseen Sin

Sanskrit

तत्सम्पर्कादशेषाणां नाभवद्यात्मना नृणाम् ।

मम चापि यथा स्वर्गे स्वर्गिणां निर्वृतिः परा ॥

Transliteration

tatsamparkādaśeṣāṇāṃ nābhavadyātanā nṛṇām | mama cāpi yathā svarge svargiṇāṃ nirvṛtiḥ parā

Translation

သူနှင့် ထိတွေ့ခြင်းကြောင့် အဲဒီလူအားလုံး၏ ဒုက္ခဝေဒနာများ ရပ်တန့်သွားပြီး၊ ငါ့အတွက်လည်း ကောင်းကင်ဘုံ၌ နေထိုင်သူတို့က ကောင်းကင်ဘုံ၌ ရှိစဉ် ခံစားသကဲ့သို့ အမြင့်မြတ်ဆုံး စိတ်ကျေနပ်မှု ပေါ်ပေါက်လာ하였다။

Word by Word

• तत्: of that
• तत्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘of that’ (refers to previous entity)

• सम्पर्कात्: from contact
• सम्पर्कात्: अपादान (Apādāna/source/cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्पर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• अशेषाणाम्: of all, without remainder
• अशेषाणाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (contextually ‘of all’), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: निषेध (negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• अभवत्: was / occurred
• अभवत्: क्रिया (verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• यातना: torment
• यातना: कर्ता (Karta/subject of अभवत्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यातना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• नृणाम्: of men
• नृणाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• मम: my / of me
• मम: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: सम्बन्ध/बल (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic/inclusive particle)

• यथा: just as
• यथा: उपमान (comparison marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपमान/तुलना, ‘as/just as’)

• स्वर्गे: in heaven
• स्वर्गे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• स्वर्गिणाम्: of the heavenly ones
• स्वर्गिणाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्गिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• निर्वृतिः: bliss, cessation (of suffering)
• निर्वृतिः: कर्ता (Karta/subject; implied ‘is/was’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्वृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• परा: supreme
• परा: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; निर्वृतिः इति विशेषण

Speakers

• Narrative voice (a suffering being recounting experience; exact frame-speaker not specified in input)

Verse Rasa

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

Key Themes

• Karma
• Merit (puṇya) as alleviation
• Comparative imagery: heaven vs hell

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Association (saṅga) has immediate moral consequences: proximity to virtue/merit can suspend suffering, underscoring the transformative power of contact with dharma.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Didactic dharma-kathā (ethical exemplum) embedded within broader Purāṇic narrative; ancillary to the fivefold markers.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Contact’ indicates saṃskāra-transference: when a higher sattvic field is introduced, tamasic anguish is temporarily neutralized—an allegory for inner purification.