Shloka 46

Devanagari script

आगर्भसंभवादाद्यात् कार्यं तेनाप्रमादतः / अकुर्वाणस्तु विप्रेन्द्रा भ्रूणहा तु प्रजायते

Transliteration

āgarbhasaṃbhavādādyāt kāryaṃ tenāpramādataḥ / akurvāṇastu viprendrā bhrūṇahā tu prajāyate

Translation

ตั้งแต่เริ่มเกิดครรภ์ พึงปฏิบัติหน้าที่ที่บัญญัติไว้เกี่ยวกับครรภ์นั้นด้วยความไม่ประมาท หากผู้ใดละเลย—โอพราหมณ์ผู้ประเสริฐ—ย่อมถูกนับประหนึ่งผู้ฆ่าทารกในครรภ์ (ภรูณหะ)

Word by Word

• ā-garbha-saṃbhavāt: from the occurrence of pregnancy
• ā-garbha-saṃbhavāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ā (उपसर्ग) + garbha (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन); समासः: गर्भस्य सम्भवः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• ādyāt: one should give/perform
• ādyāt: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु)
• Form: Optative/vidhi-liṅ (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• kāryam: the act/duty to be done
• kāryam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक; √kṛ + यत्)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

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

• apramādataḥ: carefully; without heedlessness
• apramādataḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: apramāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ablatival adverb (तसिल्-अव्यय) from noun; ‘without negligence’

• akurvāṇaḥ: not doing (it)
• akurvāṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: a- (नञ्) + √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Present active participle (कर्तरि शतृ), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); negated by नञ् (a-)

• tu: but
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात) indicating contrast/emphasis

• vipra-indrāḥ: O best of Brahmins
• vipra-indrāḥ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक) + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Plural (बहुवचन); समासः: विप्राणाम् इन्द्राः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• bhrūṇa-hā: a slayer of an embryo
• bhrūṇa-hā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhrūṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + han (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); समासः: भ्रूणं हन्ति इति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात)

• prajāyate: is born/becomes
• prajāyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√jan (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice, traditionally Sūta/compilers) addressing sages (viprendrāḥ)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: raudra

Secondary Rasa: karuna

Characters & Entities

• Bhrūṇa (embryo)
• Viprendra (brahmin sages)

More Details (3 sections)

FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

Indirectly: it frames dharma as vigilance and non-harm (ahiṃsā) beginning from conception; such ethical restraint is treated in the Purāṇic worldview as a prerequisite for inner purity that supports realization of the Self.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

No specific yogic technique is taught in this verse; it emphasizes disciplined attentiveness (apramāda) and non-violence as foundational restraints that later support tapas, japa, and yogic practice found more explicitly in the Kurma Purana’s later teachings (including the Ishvara Gita context).

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

It does not explicitly discuss Shiva–Vishnu unity; it presents a shared dharmic ethic—protection of life and avoidance of grave sin—that underlies the Purana’s broader Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis.