Shloka 43

Adhyaya 15 — Karmic Retribution: Rebirths After Naraka and the King’s Compassion in Hell

Sanskrit

सत्यं भूतहितार्थोक्तिर्वेदप्रामाण्यदर्शनम् । गुरु देवर्‍षि सिद्धर्‍षिपूजनं साधुसङ्गमः ॥

Transliteration

satyaṃ bhūta-hitārthoktir veda-prāmāṇya-darśanam / guru-devarṣi-siddharṣi-pūjanaṃ sādhu-saṅgamaḥ

Translation

အမှန်တရားကို ထိန်းသိမ်းခြင်း၊ သတ္တဝါတို့၏ အကျိုးချမ်းသာအတွက် ပြောသော စကား၊ ဝေဒကို အာဏာရှိသော သမ္မာကျမ်းအဖြစ် အသိအမှတ်ပြုခြင်း၊ ဂုရုနှင့် နတ်ဋ္ဌာန ဥပဒေသပညာရှင် ဥပဒေသဋ္ဌာန ရှင်များဖြစ်သော ဒေဝရ္ဩိ (devarṣi) နှင့် စစ်ဓရ္ဩိ (siddharṣi) တို့ကို ပူဇော်ဂုဏ်ပြုခြင်း၊ ထို့ပြင် သီလရှိသူတို့နှင့် ပေါင်းသင်းခြင်း—ဤတို့သည် ကောင်းမြတ်သော လက္ခဏာများဖြစ်သည်။

Word by Word

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• भूत-हित-अर्थ-उक्तिः: speech intended for the welfare of beings
• भूत-हित-अर्थ-उक्तिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक) + हित (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + उक्तिः/उक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• वेद-प्रामाण्य-दर्शनम्: recognition of the Veda's authority
• वेद-प्रामाण्य-दर्शनम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रामाण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• गुरु-देवर्षि-सिद्धर्षि-पूजनम्: worship of the teacher, divine sages, and perfected sages
• गुरु-देवर्षि-सिद्धर्षि-पूजनम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक) + देवर्षि (प्रातिपदिक) + सिद्धर्षि (प्रातिपदिक) + पूजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• साधु-सङ्गमः: association with the virtuous
• साधु-सङ्गमः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधु (प्रातिपदिक) + सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speakers

• Not specified in input

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Dharma
• Satya (truth)
• Ahimsa/beneficence in speech
• Vedic authority
• Reverence to gurus and sages
• Satsanga

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Ethical life is not only abstaining from harm but actively aligning speech, belief, and community: truth spoken for welfare, trust in Vedic pramāṇa, reverence for transmitters of wisdom, and sustained satsanga.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ācāra/dharma instruction; supportive of the Purāṇa’s broader purpose of guiding right living within cosmic history rather than narrating cosmic history itself.

What is the esoteric significance?

The cluster (satya + bhūtahita + veda-prāmāṇya + guru/sage honor + satsanga) describes a ‘sattva ecology’: truthful beneficent speech and right epistemic alignment, reinforced by proximity to realized beings, becomes a vehicle for inner purification.