Shloka 203

Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment

Parāśara’s Instruction

Devanagari script

मृतश्न स्वर्गमाप्नोति तिर्यक्षु च न जायते । इत्याह भगवान्‌ व्यास: पराशरसुत: प्रभु:

Transliteration

mṛtaśnaḥ svargam āpnoti tiryakṣu ca na jāyate | ity āha bhagavān vyāsaḥ parāśarasutaḥ prabhuḥ ||

Translation

بھیشم نے کہا—جو شخص پہلے نذر و اَर्पن کر کے (صرف اپنے لیے نہیں) کھاتا ہے، وہ سَورگ کو پاتا ہے اور تِریَک (حیوانی) یونیوں میں جنم نہیں لیتا۔ یوں پرَاشر نندن، پرَبھو بھگوان ویاس نے فرمایا۔

Word by Word

• मृतश्नः: one who eats only after the dead (i.e., after feeding the departed/after funeral offerings); a मृतश्न person
• मृतश्नः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृतश्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वर्गम्: heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तिर्यक्षु: among animals (non-human births)
• तिर्यक्षु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिर्यञ्च्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

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

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

• जायते: is born
• जायते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• आह: said
• आह: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भगवान्: the venerable one
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• व्यासः: Vyasa
• व्यासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पराशरसुतः: son of Parashara
• पराशरसुतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराशर-सुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रभुः: the lord; master
• प्रभुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Vyāsa (Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana)
• Parāśara
• Svarga
• Tiryak-yoni (animal realm)