Shloka 95
Adhyaya 10 — Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey
अवरोहणीं च सम्प्राप्य पूर्ववद्यान्ति मानवाः ।
एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं यथा जन्तुर्विपद्यते ।
अतः शृणुष्व विप्रर्षे यथा गर्भं प्रपद्यते ॥
avarohiṇīṃ ca samprāpya pūrvavad yānti mānavāḥ | etat te sarvam ākhyātaṃ yathā jantur vipadyate | ataḥ śṛṇuṣva viprarṣe yathā garbhaṃ prapadyate ||
เมื่อถึงหนทางแห่งการเสื่อมลง มนุษย์ย่อมดำเนินไปดังเดิม. ทั้งหมดนี้ได้กล่าวแก่ท่านแล้วว่า สัตว์ผู้มีชีวิตประสบความตกต่ำอย่างไร; บัดนี้ โอพราหมณ์ฤๅษี จงฟังว่าเขาเข้าสู่ครรภ์อย่างไร.
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FAQs
The text pivots from outcomes (death/afterlife) to origins (conception), underscoring saṃsāra as a continuous causal chain; understanding the chain is meant to motivate dharmic restraint and higher aims.
Instructional/dharma-knowledge segment; it prepares for a ‘sarga-like’ micro-account (formation of the body) though not cosmic sarga proper.
‘Descent’ and ‘entry into the womb’ can be read as the jīva’s contraction into limitation—consciousness taking on name-and-form under prior impressions (vāsanā).