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Shloka 67

अनुक्रमणिकाध्यायः (Anukramaṇikā Adhyāya) — Invocation, Narrator Frame, and Textual Scope

न्यायशिक्षाचिकित्सा च दान॑ पाशुपतं तथा । हेतुनैव सम॑ जन्म दिव्यमानुषसंज्ञितम्‌,न्याय, शिक्षा, चिकित्सा, दान तथा पाशुपत (अन्तर्यामीकी महिमा)-का भी इसमें विशद निरूपण है। साथ ही यह भी बतलाया गया है कि देवता, मनुष्य आदि भिन्न-भिन्न योनियोंमें जन्मका कारण क्या है?

nyāyaśikṣācikitsā ca dānaṃ pāśupataṃ tathā | hetunaiva samaṃ janma divyamānuṣasaṃjñitam ||

ในคัมภีร์นี้ได้อธิบายอย่างเป็นลำดับถึงนยายะ (นิติศาสตร์), การศึกษา, การแพทย์, ธรรมแห่งทาน และลัทธิปาศุปตะ อีกทั้งยังชี้แจงเหตุปัจจัยแห่งการเกิดในภพภูมิต่าง ๆ ที่เรียกว่า “ทิพย์” และ “มนุษย์” เป็นต้น ว่าเกิดขึ้นด้วยเหตุอันใด

न्यायlogic/jurisprudence
न्याय:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootन्याय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शिक्षाphonetics/education (śikṣā)
शिक्षा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशिक्षा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
चिकित्साmedicine/therapy
चिकित्सा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootचिकित्सा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
दानम्gift/charity
दानम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदान
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
पाशुपतम्Pāśupata doctrine/observance (of Śiva)
पाशुपतम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपाशुपत
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तथाlikewise/also
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
हेतुनाby a cause/reason
हेतुना:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootहेतु
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
एवindeed/only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
समम्equal/alike
समम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootसम
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
जन्मbirth
जन्म:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजन्मन्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
दिव्यdivine
दिव्य:
TypeAdjective
Rootदिव्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
मानुषhuman
मानुष:
TypeAdjective
Rootमानुष
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
संज्ञितम्designated/called
संज्ञितम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootसंज्ञा + √ज्ञा
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative, Singular
P
Pāśupata (Śaiva doctrine/observance)
D
Divine beings (devas, implied by divya)
H
Humans (mānuṣa)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights a spectrum of dharmic knowledge—law/justice, education, medicine, charity, and the Pāśupata path—and links the diversity of births (divine or human) to definite causes, suggesting that conduct and causal factors (karma and related determinants) shape one’s embodiment.

Within the Adi Parva’s opening frame, the text is being characterized as encyclopedic: it contains systematic expositions of major disciplines and also addresses why beings are born into different orders of existence such as divine and human.