Shloka 13

कर्मनाशाभावः, गर्भे जीवप्रवेशः, आचारधर्मोपदेशः

Karma’s Non-Extinction, Jīva’s Entry into the Embryo, and Instruction on Conduct-Dharma

Devanagari script

ततस्तु क्षीयते चैव पुनश्चान्यत्‌ प्रचीयते । यावत्‌ तन्मोक्षयोगस्थं धर्म नैवावबुध्यते

Transliteration

tatastu kṣīyate caiva punaścānyat pracīyate | yāvat tanmokṣayogasthaṃ dharma naivāvabudhyate ||

Translation

Pagkaraan, habang patuloy na nagpapakalunod sa pagdanas, ang naunang ipon ng karma ay tunay na nauubos, ngunit muling naiipon ang panibagong karma. Hangga’t hindi niya tunay na nauunawaan ang dharma na nananahan sa disiplina ng mokṣa-yoga, hindi napuputol ang sunod-sunod na pag-ikot ng karma.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• क्षीयते: is exhausted / diminishes
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षि (क्षय)
• Form: Lat (present), Ātmanepada, 3, singular

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

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

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

• अन्यत्: another (thing/karma)
• अन्यत्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• प्रचीयते: is accumulated / increases
• Type: Verb
• Root: चि (चय) उपसर्ग: प्र-
• Form: Lat (present), Ātmanepada, 3, singular

• यावत्: as long as, until
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत्

• तत्: that (dharma/means)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• मोक्षयोगस्थम्: situated in/connected with the yoga of liberation
• मोक्षयोगस्थम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मोक्ष + योग + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक: मोक्षयोगस्थ)
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• धर्मम्: dharma; righteous means/principle
• धर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• एव: indeed, at all
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अवबुध्यते: understands, realizes
• Type: Verb
• Root: बुध् (अवगम) उपसर्ग: अव-
• Form: Lat (present), Ātmanepada, 3, singular

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्राह्मण (speaker)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Enjoyment may spend (exhaust) past karma, but it simultaneously generates new karma; only the understanding of dharma grounded in mokṣa-yoga breaks the continuing chain of karmic succession.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Brahmin speaker explains a moral-spiritual principle: ordinary life driven by experience keeps karma cycling—old deeds ripen and are consumed, while new deeds are produced—until one gains liberating insight into mokṣa-oriented dharma.