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Shloka 38

The Marks of Merit and the Destinies of Beings

Divine vs Demonic Traits

प्रवृत्तस्सर्वगृह्येषु भक्ष्याभक्ष्यसजीवनः । भूम्यां पश्वादियोनीनां कुलेषु प्राप्तसंभवाः

pravṛttassarvagṛhyeṣu bhakṣyābhakṣyasajīvanaḥ | bhūmyāṃ paśvādiyonīnāṃ kuleṣu prāptasaṃbhavāḥ

သူတို့သည် အိမ်ထောင်ရေးလောကီကိစ္စ အမျိုးမျိုး၌ ဝင်ရောက်လှုပ်ရှား၍ စားသင့်/မစားသင့် မည်သည့်အရာမဆိုဖြင့် အသက်မွေးကြသည်။ ထို့နောက် ဤမြေပေါ်၌ တိရစ္ဆာန်တို့၏ ယောနီနှင့် အခြားယောနီကူလများအတွင်း မွေးဖွားလာကြသည်။

prav5btta25engaged/active
prav5btta25:
Vi5be63a47a (adjectival; implied subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootpra-v5btta (k5bdanta from v5bt/√v5bt 'to proceed/engage', past participle)
FormPu43li45ga (Masculine), Pratham0 vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Ekavacana (Singular); k5bdanta (kta): 'engaged/active'
sarva-g5bhye63uin all houses
sarva-g5bhye63u:
Adhikara47a (adhikara47a/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (pr0tipadika) + g5bhya (pr0tipadika)
FormNapu43saka (Neuter), Saptam2 vibhakti (Locative/7th), Bahuvacana (Plural); tatpuru63a: sarve63u g5bhye63u (in all houses/households)
bhak63ya-abhak63ya-sa-j2vana25living on edible and inedible things
bhak63ya-abhak63ya-sa-j2vana25:
Vi5be63a47a (adjectival; implied subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhak63ya (pr0tipadika) + abhak63ya (pr0tipadika) + sa (pr0tipadika/avyaya-like prefix 'with') + j2vana (pr0tipadika)
FormPu43li45ga (Masculine), Pratham0 vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Ekavacana (Singular); dvandva (itaretara) within bhak63ya-abhak63ya, then tatpuru63a-like extension with sa-j2vana: 'living by (eating) both edible and inedible things'
bh6bmy0mon earth
bh6bmy0m:
Adhikara47a (adhikara47a/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootbh6bmi (pr0tipadika)
FormStr2bli45ga (Feminine), Saptam2 vibhakti (Locative/7th), Ekavacana (Singular)
pabva-0di-yon2n0mof animal and other species
pabva-0di-yon2n0m:
Sambandha (genitive relation/63a636dh2)
TypeNoun
Rootpabu (pr0tipadika) + 0di (avyaya) + yoni (pr0tipadika)
FormStr2bli45ga (Feminine), 62a636dh2 vibhakti (Genitive/6th), Bahuvacana (Plural); tatpuru63a: pabv0d2n043 yonaya25 (of the wombs/species such as animals)
kule63uin families/lineages
kule63u:
Adhikara47a (adhikara47a/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootkula (pr0tipadika)
FormNapu43saka (Neuter), Saptam2 vibhakti (Locative/7th), Bahuvacana (Plural)
pr0pta-sa43bhav025having obtained birth (there)
pr0pta-sa43bhav025:
Karta (kart0/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootpr0pta (k5bdanta from 63am-pra-0p/√0p 'to obtain', past participle) + sa43bhava (pr0tipadika)
FormPu43li45ga (Masculine), Pratham0 vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Bahuvacana (Plural); tatpuru63a: pr0pta25 sa43bhavo ye630m (those who have obtained birth/origin)

Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context needed from Adhyaya 76 framing dialogue).

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa

Sandhi Resolution Notes: prav5bttassarvag5bhye63u 63andhi-viccheda: prav5btta25 + sarva-g5bhye63u; bhak63y0bhak63ya- 63andhi-viccheda: bhak63ya + abhak63ya; pabv0diyon2n0m contains 0di as internal avyaya member.

FAQs

It warns that indulgence in indiscriminate living—especially ignoring what is fit or unfit to consume—leads to spiritual decline and can result in rebirth among animal and other lower forms of life.

They indicate the ethical distinction between what is permissible/wholesome versus forbidden/impure; the verse criticizes sustaining oneself without discernment of dharmic dietary or moral boundaries.

No. In this excerpt the focus is karmic consequence and transmigration; any tīrtha or bhakti framing would depend on the surrounding verses of Adhyaya 76.