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Shloka 12

Dvaipāyana–Kīṭa Saṃvāda: Karmic Memory, Fear of Death, and Embodied Pleasure

पितृमातृसमायोगे पुत्रत्वं जायते यथा । हिंसां कृत्वावश: पापो भूयिष्ठं जायते तथा

pitṛmātṛsamāyoge putratvaṃ jāyate yathā | hiṃsāṃ kṛtvāvaśaḥ pāpo bhūyiṣṭhaṃ jāyate tathā ||

ภีษมะกล่าวว่า “ดังที่ความเป็นบุตรเกิดจากการประสานกันของบิดาและมารดา ฉันใด คนบาปผู้ก่อความรุนแรงก็ถูกผลกรรมบีบคั้นอย่างไร้ทางเลือก ให้ต้องเกิดซ้ำแล้วซ้ำเล่า—และส่วนใหญ่มักไปบังเกิดในครรภ์อันเศร้าหมองด้วยบาป”

पितृ-मातृ-समायोगेin the conjunction/union of father and mother
पितृ-मातृ-समायोगे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसमायोग
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
पुत्रत्वम्sonhood; the state of being a son
पुत्रत्वम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्रत्व
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
जायतेis born/arises
जायते:
TypeVerb
Rootजन्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
यथाas; just as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
हिंसाम्violence
हिंसाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootहिंसा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
कृत्वाhaving done
कृत्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
Formक्त्वा (absolutive), Active
अवशःhelpless; under compulsion
अवशः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअवश
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पापःsinful
पापः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपाप
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भूयिष्ठम्again and again; repeatedly (lit. very much/more)
भूयिष्ठम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootभूयिष्ठ
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
जायतेis born/arises
जायते:
TypeVerb
Rootजन्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
तथाso; in the same way
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
F
father (pitṛ)
M
mother (mātṛ)
S
son (putra)

Educational Q&A

Violence (hiṃsā) generates powerful negative karma: once a person commits harm, he becomes compelled by its consequences to undergo repeated births, frequently in degraded or sinful conditions. The verse frames this as a causal certainty, like biological birth from parents.

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma is instructing Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and conduct. Here he uses an analogy—parental union producing a child—to stress the inevitability of karmic results from हिंसा, warning against harmful actions.