Shloka 73

Adhyaya 10 — Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey

Sanskrit

तैलाभ्यङ्गो बान्धवानामङ्गसंवाहनञ्च यत् ।

तेन चाप्याय्यते जन्तुर्यच्चाश्नन्ति सबान्धवाः ॥

Transliteration

tailābhyaṅgo bāndhavānāmaṅgasaṃvāhanañca yat /

tena cāpyāyyate janturyaccāśnanti sabāndhavāḥ

Translation

बान्धवैः कृताभ्यङ्गेनाङ्गमर्दनेन च स प्रेतजीवोऽपि प्रसन्नो धार्यते; तथा बान्धवानां यदशनं तेनापि।

Word by Word

• taila-abhyaṅgaḥ: oil-massage/anointing with oil
• taila-abhyaṅgaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: taila (प्रातिपदिक) + abhyaṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (tailena abhyaṅgaḥ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• bāndhavānām: of the relatives
• bāndhavānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāndhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• aṅga-saṃvāhanam: rubbing/massaging of the limbs
• aṅga-saṃvāhanam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃvāhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (aṅgānāṃ saṃvāhanam), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• yat: whatever (that)
• yat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-प्रयोग

• tena: by that
• tena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक/पुं, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• āpyāyyate: is nourished/comforted
• āpyāyyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pyā (धातु) उपसर्गः ā-
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense) ‘is nourished/comforted’

• jantuḥ: the creature/soul
• jantuḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jantu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• yat: and what (that)
• yat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-प्रयोग

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• aśnanti: eat
• aśnanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: aś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• sa-bāndhavāḥ: together with (his) relatives
• sa-bāndhavāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ ‘with’) + bāndhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (सह बान्धवैः = ‘with relatives’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्तृपद

Speakers

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Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Gṛhastha-dharma
• Funerary observances
• Ritual transference
• Family duty

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Care shown by the family—through prescribed acts—extends compassion beyond death. The verse frames household rites as an ethical obligation with real consequences for the departed.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ācāra/dharma teaching; not a core genealogical/cosmogonic pañcalakṣaṇa segment.

What is the esoteric significance?

Physical acts (massage, eating) are treated as ritual ‘correspondences’ that generate subtle benefit, implying a symbolic bridge between gross actions and subtle nourishment for the preta.