Shloka 88
Adhyaya 10 — Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey
मानुषं प्राप्य कुब्जो वा कुत्सितो वामनो 'पि वा ।
चण्डालपुक्कसाद्यासु नरो योनिषु जायते ॥
mānuṣaṃ prāpya kubjo vā kutsito vāmano 'pi vā | caṇḍālapukkasādyāsu naro yoniṣu jāyate ||
மீண்டும் மனிதப் பிறவி அடைந்தபின் அவன் கூனனாகவோ, இகழப்படுபவனாகவோ, அல்லது குறுநிலையனாகவோ இருக்கலாம்; சாண்டாளன், புக்கசன் முதலிய யோனிகளிலும் மனிதன் பிறக்கிறான்।
{ "primaryRasa": "karuna", "secondaryRasa": "bhayanaka", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }
FAQs
The text links unethical conduct with diminished capacity and social hardship in subsequent births, urging compassion and self-restraint; it also reflects historical social categories that should be read critically in modern ethical terms.
Dharma-śikṣā via karmaphala and yoni outcomes; ancillary to pancalakṣaṇa, functioning as moral instruction.
Physical limitation stands for constricted prāṇa and agency; ‘despised birth’ symbolizes the inner experience of alienation produced by prior harmful actions.