Shloka 27

देवतापितृप्रश्नः — Nārada at Badarīāśrama: the ultimate referent of daiva and pitṛ worship

Devanagari script

ये चात्र प्रचलितधर्मकामवृत्ता: क्रोशन्त: सततमनिष्टसम्प्रयोगा: । क्लिश्यन्त: परिगतवेदनाशरीरा बह्दीभि: सुभृूशमधर्मकारणाभि:

Transliteration

ye cātra pracalita-dharma-kāma-vṛttāḥ krośantaḥ satatam aniṣṭa-samprayogāḥ | kliśyantaḥ parigata-vedanā-śarīrā bahvībhis su-bhṛśam adharma-kāraṇābhiḥ ||

Translation

วยาสะกล่าวว่า ผู้ใดในโลกนี้หลงออกจากธรรม ประพฤติตามใจที่ถูกกามฉุดลาก ส่งเสียงด่าทออยู่เนืองนิตย์ และมัวหมกมุ่นในกรรมอันเป็นโทษและอัปมงคล—ครั้นตายแล้ว ย่อมได้กายเพื่อการทรมาน ณ ที่นั้น ด้วยกรรมบาปอันมากของตน และด้วยเหตุอันหลากหลายที่เกิดจากอธรรม เขาย่อมเสวยทุกข์หนักซ้ำแล้วซ้ำเล่า

Word by Word

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• प्रचलित-धर्म-काम-वृत्ताः: having conduct deviated from dharma and desire (i.e., following wayward impulses)
• प्रचलित-धर्म-काम-वृत्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृत्त (वृत् धातु, क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• क्रोशन्तः: crying out / shouting
• क्रोशन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रुश्
• Form: Present (participle), Parasmaipada, Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सततम्: constantly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत

• अनिष्ट-सम्प्रयोगाः: engaged in harmful/inauspicious associations (or acts)
• अनिष्ट-सम्प्रयोगाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्प्रयोग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• क्लिश्यन्तः: suffering / being afflicted
• क्लिश्यन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्लिश्
• Form: Present (participle), Atmanepada, Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• परिगत-वेदना-शरीराः: whose bodies are encompassed by pain
• परिगत-वेदना-शरीराः: Karta
• Type: Noun (used adjectivally)
• Root: शरीर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• बह्वीभिः: by many
• बह्वीभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बह्वी (बहु)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• सुभृशम्: exceedingly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सुभृशम्

• अधर्म-कारणाभिः: by causes of unrighteousness / by sinful causes
• अधर्म-कारणाभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A life that abandons dharma and follows desire-driven, harmful behavior leads to painful karmic consequences; after death such people experience intense suffering proportionate to their repeated unrighteous actions.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa is describing a class of people characterized by deviation from dharma, abusive speech, and continual engagement in inauspicious acts, and he explains their post-mortem fate: they obtain a torment-bearing body and undergo severe suffering due to many causes rooted in adharma.