Shloka 41

Adhyaya 10 — Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey

Sanskrit

पूर्वाभ्यासेन तेनैव सोऽहं तात जितेन्द्रियः ।

यतिष्यामि तथा कर्तुं न भविष्ये यथा पुनः ॥

Transliteration

pūrvābhyāsena tenaiva so ’haṃ tāta jitendriyaḥ | yatiṣyāmi tathā kartuṃ na bhaviṣye yathā punaḥ ||

Translation

ข้าแต่บิดาผู้เป็นที่รัก ด้วยการปฏิบัติจากชาติปางก่อนนั้นเอง ข้าพเจ้าจึงเป็นผู้สำรวมตน ข้าพเจ้าจะเพียรกระทำให้ไม่ต้องกลับมาเกิดอีกดังแต่ก่อน

Word by Word

पूर्वाभ्यासेनby prior practice

तेनby that

एवindeed/just

सःhe

अहम्I

तातdear father/sir

जितेन्द्रियःone who has conquered the senses

यतिष्यामिI will strive

तथाthus/in that way

कर्तुम्to do

नnot

भविष्येI will be/become

यथाas/so that

पुनःagain

Speakers

Son to Father (within the broader frame associated with the wise birds’ discourse)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

MokshaSaṃsāraYoga (sense-control)Karma and rebirthJātismaraṇa

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Spiritual progress is cumulative: prior discipline ripens into present self-mastery, and the aim of right effort is freedom from repeated rebirth (punarjanma).

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Primarily Dharma/Upadeśa (ethical-philosophical instruction) rather than sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa; it supports the Purāṇic function of teaching liberation-oriented dharma.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Prior practice’ suggests saṃskāra continuity across births; ‘conquest of senses’ is the inner yajña that burns the seeds of future embodiment.