Shloka 118
Adhyāya 199: Karma–Jñāna Causality and the Nirguṇa Brahman
Manu’s Instruction
जापकानां फलावाप्तिर्मया ते सम्प्रदर्शिता । गति: स्थान च लोकाश्न जापकेन यथा जिता:
jāpakānāṁ phalāvāptir mayā te sampradarśitā | gatiḥ sthānaṁ ca lokāś ca jāpaken yathā jitāḥ |
Wika ni Virūpa: “Naipakita ko na sa iyo kung paano nakakamit ng mga deboto ng japa ang kanilang bunga. Ngayon ay ipaliliwanag kung anong hantungan ang narating ng brāhmaṇa na nagsasagawa ng japa, anong katayuan ang kanyang nakamtan, at aling mga daigdig ang naging maaabot niya—at kung paano naging posible ang lahat ng ito.”
विरूप उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames japa as a disciplined practice that yields definite spiritual results—destiny (gati), status (sthāna), and access to higher realms (lokas)—presented as something one can ‘win’ through sustained effort and purity.
The speaker transitions from having outlined the general principle—how japa leads to spiritual ‘fruit’—to promising a more detailed account of the specific attainments of a particular japa-practising brāhmaṇa: where he went, what rank he gained, and what worlds opened to him.