Shloka 77

Śama-prāptiḥ — Gautamī–Lubdhaka–Pannaga–Mṛtyu–Kāla-saṃvāda

Restraint through the Analysis of Karma and Time

Devanagari script

तस्मिंस्तथा ब्रुवाणे तु ब्राह्मणी गौतमी नृप । स्वकर्मप्रत्ययाँललोकान्‌ मत्वार्जुनकमब्रवीत्‌

Transliteration

tasmiṁs tathā bruvāṇe tu brāhmaṇī gautamī nṛpa | svakarma-pratyayān lokān matvārjunakam abravīt ||

Translation

ข้าแต่มหาราช เมื่อเขากล่าวดังนั้นอยู่ พราหมณีโคตมีครุ่นคิดว่า สรรพสัตว์ย่อมไปสู่โลกของตนตามความแน่นอนแห่งผลกรรมของตน แล้วจึงกล่าวกับอรชุนกะ

Word by Word

तस्मिन्in that (situation/person)

तथाthus

ब्रुवाणेwhile (he) was speaking

तुbut/indeed

ब्राह्मणीthe Brahmin woman

गौतमीGautamī

नृपO king

स्वकर्मप्रत्ययान्those based on one’s own deeds (karmic grounds/assurances)

लोकान्worlds/realms

मत्वाhaving considered/knowing

अर्जुनकम्Arjunaka (a person named Arjunaka)

अब्रवीत्said/spoke

Speaker

काल उवाच

Characters & Entities

Kāla (Time/Death) (speaker indicated)

Gautamī (Brāhmaṇī)

Arjunaka

Nṛpa (the king addressed)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds karmic moral causality: one’s destiny (the ‘worlds’ one reaches) is determined by one’s own deeds, not merely by external events or blame placed on others.

What is happening in the narrative?

As someone has been speaking (in context, under Kāla’s discourse), Gautamī reflects on the principle that beings reap outcomes according to their own actions and then speaks directly to Arjunaka, shifting the discussion toward responsibility and ethical interpretation.