Shloka 4

प्रसाद-ज्ञान-योग-मोक्षक्रमः तथा व्यास-रुद्रावतार-मन्वन्तर-परम्परा

Devanagari script

करुणादिगुणोपेताः कृत्वापि विविधानि ते कर्माणि नरकं स्वर्गं गच्छन्त्येव स्वकर्मणा

Transliteration

karuṇādiguṇopetāḥ kṛtvāpi vividhāni te karmāṇi narakaṃ svargaṃ gacchantyeva svakarmaṇā

Translation

Mesmo os dotados de compaixão e outras virtudes, após praticarem diversos atos, ainda vão ao inferno ou ao céu—impelidos pelo próprio karma. Assim o paśu (a alma ligada), sob a força do pāśa como laço kármico, gira nos resultados até voltar-se para Pati, Śiva, o libertador.

Word by Word

• करुणा-आदि-गुण-उपेताः: endowed with compassion and other qualities

• कृत्वा-अपि: even after doing

• विविधानि: various, diverse

• ते: they

• कर्माणि: actions, deeds

• नरकम्: hellish state/suffering realm

• स्वर्गम्: heavenly state/enjoyment realm

• गच्छन्ति-एव: certainly go/attain

• स्व-कर्मणा: by their own karma (as the operative cause).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)