Shloka 23

Adhyaya 15 — Karmic Retribution: Rebirths After Naraka and the King’s Compassion in Hell

Sanskrit

चोरयित्वा पयश्चापि बलाका सम्प्रजायते ।

यस्तु चोरयते तैलं तैलपायी स जायते ॥

Transliteration

corayitvā payaś cāpi balākā samprajāyate | yas tu corayate tailaṃ tailapāyī sa jāyate ||

Translation

دودھ چُرانے سے وہ بلّاکا (بگلا) کی صورت میں پیدا ہوتا ہے۔ اور تیل چُرانے سے وہ ‘تیل پائی’ یعنی تیل پینے والا بن کر جنم لیتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• चोरयित्वा: having stolen
• चोरयित्वा: Kriya (क्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चुर् (धातु) [चोरयति] + क्त्वा (अव्यय-कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive), पूर्वकाल

• पयः: milk
• पयः: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; also/even)

• बलाका: a crane/heron
• बलाका: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलाका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सम्प्रजायते: is born (as) / comes into being
• सम्प्रजायते: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• चोरयते: steals
• चोरयते: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चुर् (धातु) [चोरयति]
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (चोरयते = steals)

• तैलम्: oil
• तैलम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तैल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तैल-पायी: an oil-drinker (a kind of being/animal)
• तैल-पायी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तैल (प्रातिपदिक) + पायिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (तैलं पिबति इति = oil-drinker)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• जायते: is born / becomes
• जायते: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speakers

• Not explicit in excerpt; didactic narration

Verse Rasa

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

Key Themes

• Theft ethics
• Staple resources (milk, oil)
• Karmic consequence
• Rebirth taxonomy

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Milk and oil are household essentials (nourishment, ritual use, cooking). The text stresses that stealing ‘life-supporting’ substances yields births marked by hunger and scavenging tendencies—an embodied reflection of prior acquisitiveness.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Dharma-anuśāsana/karmaphala instruction, not cosmological lakṣaṇa material.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Tailapāyī’ emphasizes compulsion: the thief becomes defined by the very substance he misappropriated. Esoterically, it indicates how desire crystallizes into identity when unchecked by dharma.