Shloka 23

Adhyaya 15 — Karmic Retribution: Rebirths After Naraka and the King’s Compassion in Hell

Sanskrit

चोरयित्वा पयश्चापि बलाका सम्प्रजायते ।

यस्तु चोरयते तैलं तैलपायी स जायते ॥

Transliteration

corayitvā payaś cāpi balākā samprajāyate | yas tu corayate tailaṃ tailapāyī sa jāyate ||

Translation

పాలు దొంగిలిస్తే అతడు బలాకా (కొంగ)గా జన్మిస్తాడు. నూనె దొంగిలిస్తే ‘తైలపాయీ’—నూనె త్రాగే వాడు—గా జన్మిస్తాడు.

Word by Word

• चोरयित्वा: having stolen
• चोरयित्वा: Kriya (क्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चुर् (धातु) [चोरयति] + क्त्वा (अव्यय-कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive), पूर्वकाल

• पयः: milk
• पयः: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; also/even)

• बलाका: a crane/heron
• बलाका: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलाका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सम्प्रजायते: is born (as) / comes into being
• सम्प्रजायते: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• चोरयते: steals
• चोरयते: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चुर् (धातु) [चोरयति]
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (चोरयते = steals)

• तैलम्: oil
• तैलम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तैल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तैल-पायी: an oil-drinker (a kind of being/animal)
• तैल-पायी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तैल (प्रातिपदिक) + पायिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (तैलं पिबति इति = oil-drinker)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• जायते: is born / becomes
• जायते: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speakers

• Not explicit in excerpt; didactic narration

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "bhayanaka", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes

• Theft ethics
• Staple resources (milk, oil)
• Karmic consequence
• Rebirth taxonomy

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Milk and oil are household essentials (nourishment, ritual use, cooking). The text stresses that stealing ‘life-supporting’ substances yields births marked by hunger and scavenging tendencies—an embodied reflection of prior acquisitiveness.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Dharma-anuśāsana/karmaphala instruction, not cosmological lakṣaṇa material.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Tailapāyī’ emphasizes compulsion: the thief becomes defined by the very substance he misappropriated. Esoterically, it indicates how desire crystallizes into identity when unchecked by dharma.