Shloka 35
Adhyaya 10 — Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey
पुत्र उवाच शृणु तात ! यथा वृत्तं ममेदं सुख-दुःखदम् ।
यश्चाहमासमन्यस्मिन् जन्मन्यस्मत्परन्तु यत् ॥
putra uvāca śṛṇu tāta yathā vṛttaṃ mamedaṃ sukha-duḥkha-dam | yaś cāham āsam anyasmin janmany asmat parantu yat ||
บุตรกล่าวว่า: ขอท่านบิดาจงฟังว่าเหตุนี้เกิดแก่ข้าพเจ้าอย่างไร—นำมาซึ่งทั้งสุขและทุกข์—และข้าพเจ้าเคยเป็นอะไรในชาติอื่น อันแตกต่างจากชาตินี้
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FAQs
Life’s mixed outcomes (sukha/duḥkha) are traced to karmic continuity across births; recounting prior states is used to teach responsibility and the possibility of spiritual recovery.
Not a genealogical vaṃśa list, but a karmic-biographical narrative serving dharma and mokṣa instruction; it uses the Purāṇic storytelling method to convey doctrine.
The ‘other birth’ points to layered identity: the jīva’s journey through forms, while the witnessing awareness can reawaken remembrance and detachment.