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Shloka 25

Adhyaya 10Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey

पितृमातृसुहृद्भ्रातृकलत्रादिकृतेन च ।

तुष्टोऽसकृत् तथा दैन्यमश्रुधौताऽननो गतः ॥

pitṛ-mātṛ-suhṛd-bhrātṛ-kalatrādi-kṛtena ca /

tuṣṭo 'sakṛt tathā dainyam aśru-dhauta-ānano gataḥ

باپ، ماں، دوست، بھائی، بیوی وغیرہ کے سبب میں بہت بار خوش ہوا ہوں؛ اور اسی طرح میں بدحالی میں بھی گرا ہوں، آنسوؤں سے دھلا ہوا چہرہ لیے۔

pitṛ-mātṛ-suhṛd-bhrātṛ-kalatra-ādi-kṛtenaby deeds done for father, mother, friends, brothers, wife, etc.
pitṛ-mātṛ-suhṛd-bhrātṛ-kalatra-ādi-kṛtena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ + mātṛ + suhṛd + bhrātṛ + kalatra + ādi + kṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapuṃsakalिङ्ग, Tṛtīyā (3rd/तृतीया), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: 'by/with what is done for father, mother, friend, brother, wife, etc.' (kṛta used as noun 'deed/service')
caand
ca:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormSamucchaya-nipāta
tuṣṭaḥsatisfied/pleased
tuṣṭaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Root√tuṣ (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
FormKta-participle, Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana; predicate adjective/participle
asakṛtrepeatedly
asakṛt:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootasakṛt (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (adverb: repeatedly)
tathālikewise
tathā:
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormPrakāra-avyaya (adverb: likewise)
dainyamwretchedness/misery
dainyam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdainya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapuṃsakalिङ्ग, Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana; abstract noun
aśru-dhauta-ānanaḥone whose face is washed by tears
aśru-dhauta-ānanaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootaśru + dhauta + ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana; bahuvrīhi: 'whose face is washed with tears' qualifying the speaker
gataḥgone/come to (a state)
gataḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Root√gam (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
FormKta-participle, Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; predicate (asmi understood)
Unspecified speaker; continuing saṃsāra reflection

{ "primaryRasa": "karuna", "secondaryRasa": "shanta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Attachment and sufferingHousehold bondsEmotional oscillation in saṃsāra

FAQs

Family relations generate both happiness and grief; the teaching is not anti-family but warns against binding attachment that makes the mind swing between elation and despair.

Ethical/psychological instruction within narrative; not a core cosmological/genealogical segment.

The ‘tears and joy’ duality is a guṇa-play (rajas/tamas/sattva fluctuations); steadiness comes from resting in the Self beyond relational identities.