Shloka 16

Yoga-kṛtya (योककृत्य) — Vyāsa on Sense-Restraint, Obstacles, and Brahman-Realization

Devanagari script

तेषां ये यानि कर्माणि प्राक्सृष्ट्यां प्रतिपेदिरे । तान्येव प्रतिपाद्यन्ते सृज्यमाना: पुनः पुन:

Transliteration

teṣāṃ ye yāni karmāṇi prāk-sṛṣṭyāṃ pratipedire | tāny eva pratipādyante sṛjyamānāḥ punaḥ punaḥ ||

Translation

ପୂର୍ବସୃଷ୍ଟିରେ ସେମାନେ ଯେଯେ କର୍ମ କରିଥିଲେ, ପୁନଃପୁନଃ ସୃଷ୍ଟି ହେଲେ ସେଇ କର୍ମପ୍ରବୃତ୍ତିମାନେ ଆବାର ଆବାର ଚାଲିଯାଏ।

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• ये: who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• यानि: which
• यानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• कर्माणि: actions
• कर्माणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• प्राक्: formerly, earlier
• प्राक्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्राक्

• सृष्ट्याम्: in (the) creation
• सृष्ट्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• प्रतिपेदिरे: they obtained/undertook
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-√पद्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Plural, Atmanepada

• तानि: those (same)
• तानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• प्रतिपाद्यन्ते: are brought about/are repeated
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-√पद् (causative: प्रतिपादयति)
• Form: Present, 3rd, Plural, Atmanepada, Passive/Impersonal (ātmanepada usage)

• सृज्यमानाः: being created
• सृज्यमानाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √सृज् (present passive participle: सृज्यमान)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• पुनः: again (repeatedly)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• beings/creatures (teṣām)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Actions leave enduring impressions that carry across cycles of creation; when beings are born again, they tend to repeat earlier behavioral patterns under the influence of prior karma and residual dispositions.

What is happening in the narrative?

In a doctrinal explanation within Śānti Parva, Vyāsa describes how, in successive creations, beings re-manifest with tendencies shaped by what they did in earlier cycles, leading them to re-enact similar kinds of actions repeatedly.