Shloka 12

Brahmā’s Curse, Four Births, and the Dharma of Shared Embodiment

Draupadī/Kṛṣṇā

Devanagari script

द्वितीये जन्मनि तथा अन्यगात्वमवाप्स्यथ / तृतीये जन्मनि तथा भर्तृसंयोग माप्स्यथ

Transliteration

dvitīye janmani tathā anyagātvamavāpsyatha / tṛtīye janmani tathā bhartṛsaṃyoga māpsyatha

Translation

No segundo nascimento, do mesmo modo, alcançarás união com outro (companheiro); e no terceiro nascimento, do mesmo modo, alcançarás união com um esposo.

Word by Word

• द्वितीये: in the second
• द्वितीये: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (जन्मनि)

• जन्मनि: in (a) birth
• जन्मनि: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थक (thus/likewise)

• अन्य-गात्वम्: going elsewhere/another state of going
• अन्य-गात्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक) + गात्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (अन्यं गात्वम्/अन्यत्वेन गमन-भावः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• अवाप्स्यथ: you (pl.) will obtain
• अवाप्स्यथ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), परस्मैपद; मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• तृतीये: in the third
• तृतीये: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (जन्मनि)

• जन्मनि: in (a) birth
• जन्मनि: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक

• भर्तृ-संयोगम्: union with a husband
• भर्तृ-संयोगम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक) + संयोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (भर्तुः संयोगः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• आप्स्यथ: you (pl.) will obtain
• आप्स्यथ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), परस्मैपद; मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in discourse to Garuda, Vinata-putra)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Relational outcomes (partnering, marriage) manifest as karma-phala across successive births.

Vedantic Theme: Saṃskāra-driven attraction/aversion; prārabdha shaping interpersonal destiny within saṃsāra.

Application: Treat relationships as ethically weighty; avoid betrayal and manipulation, as they reverberate into future suffering and constraint.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Geographic Context

Type: world/plane

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 3.17.10-11 (curse and four births); Garuda Purana 3.17.13 (denial of reunion in certain births)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Garuda

FAQs

What is the importance of rebirth-based relationship outcomes in the Garuda Purana?

This verse frames relationship and marital union as karmically conditioned results that can manifest differently across successive births, reinforcing moral causality (karma) within samsara.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

It implies continuity across lifetimes: the jiva moves through repeated births, and specific worldly experiences—like forms of partnership and marriage—arise as fruits of prior actions.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Cultivate dharma in relationships—truthfulness, fidelity, and responsibility—since the Purana presents intimate bonds as karmically consequential and not merely accidental.