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Shloka 19

Nārada–Vāyu–Śalmali Upākhyāna: Enmity with the Strong and the Primacy of Buddhi (नारद-वायु-शल्मलि उपाख्यानम्)

“वहाँ लोहेके समान चोंचवाले गीध और मोर तुझे नोच-नोचकर पीड़ा देंगे और उसके बाद भी नरकसे लौटनेपर तुझे किसी पापयोनिमें ही जन्म लेना पड़ेगा ।। यदिदं मन्यसे राजन्‌ नायमस्ति कुतः पर: । प्रतिस्मारयितारस्त्वां यमदूता यमक्षये,“राजन! तू जो यह समझता है कि जब इसी लोकमें पापका फल नहीं मिल रहा है, तब परलोकका तो अस्तित्व ही कहाँ है? सो इस धारणाके विपरीत यमलोकमें जानेपर यमराजके दूत तुझे इन सारी बातोंकी याद दिला देंगे

yad idaṃ manyase rājan nāyam asti kutaḥ paraḥ | pratismārayitāras tvāṃ yamadūtā yamakṣaye ||

Wika ni Bhishma: “Doon, ang mga buwitre at mga pabo-real na may tuka na kasintigas ng bakal ay dudukot at dudurog sa iyo hanggang sa magdulot ng matinding sakit; at kahit makabalik ka mula sa impiyerno, sa isang makasalanang kapanganakan ka pa rin isisilang. O Hari! Kung iniisip mo, ‘Sa mundong ito’y hindi ko nakikita ang bunga ng kasalanan; paano pa magkakaroon ng kabilang-buhay?’—alamin mo: pagdating mo sa kaharian ni Yama, ang mga sugo ni Yama sa tahanan ni Yama ay magpapaalala sa iyo ng lahat ng gawaing ito at ng mga kahihinatnan nito.”

यत्that (which)
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
मन्यसेyou think/suppose
मन्यसे:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootमन् (मन्यते)
FormPresent, Second, Singular, Atmanepada, Indicative
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अयम्this (one/thing)
अयम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अस्तिis/exists
अस्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, Indicative
कुतःwhence? how then?
कुतः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकुतस्
परःanother; beyond (i.e., the other world)
परः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रतिस्मारयितारःreminders; those who will remind
प्रतिस्मारयितारः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रतिस्मारयितृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
त्वाम्you
त्वाम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormAccusative, Singular
यमदूताःYama's messengers
यमदूताः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयमदूत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
यमक्षयेin Yama's abode (in the realm of Yama)
यमक्षये:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootयमक्षय
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
K
King (rājan)
Y
Yama
Y
Yamadūtas
Y
Yamaloka (Yama’s realm)

Educational Q&A

Moral causality is not limited to what is immediately visible in this life; even if punishment is not seen here, accountability continues beyond death, where one is confronted with one’s deeds and their results.

Bhishma addresses a king who doubts the existence of the next world because he does not observe instant retribution for wrongdoing; Bhishma counters that in Yama’s realm the messengers of Yama will remind him of his actions, implying inevitable post-mortem judgment.