Shloka 27

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

Sanskrit

पत्रोर्णं चोरयित्वा तु क्रकरत्वञ्च गच्छति ।

कोषकारश्च कौषेयॆ हृते वस्त्रेऽभिजायते ॥

Transliteration

patrorṇaṃ corayitvā tu krakaratvañ ca gacchati | koṣakāraś ca kauṣeye hṛte vastre 'bhijāyate

Translation

پَترورْن (پتّوں کے ریشے سے بنا کپڑا) چرانے والا کْرَکَر نامی پرندہ بن جاتا ہے؛ اور ریشمی لباس چرانے والا کوشکار—ریشم کا کیڑا (silkworm)—کی یَونی میں پیدا ہوتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• patra-ūrṇam: patrorṇa (a kind of fibre/cloth)
• patra-ūrṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: patra (प्रातिपदिक) + ūrṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative; 'leaf-wool'/silk-like fibre), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• corayitvā: having stolen
• corayitvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण; prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: cur (धातु) [चोरयति] + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: णिच्-प्रयोग (Causative stem), क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विशेषार्थ (emphasis)

• krakara-tvam: the state of being a krakara (a kind of bird)
• krakara-tvam: Karma (कर्म; attained state)
• Type: Noun
• Root: krakara (प्रातिपदिक) + त्व (भाव/अवस्था)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); भाववाचक-प्रत्यय (state/condition)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• gacchati: goes/attains
• gacchati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• koṣa-kāraḥ: a cocoon-maker (silkworm)
• koṣa-kāraḥ: Pratipādya/Phala (फल; resultant state)
• Type: Noun
• Root: koṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + kāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative: 'cocoon-maker'), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• kauṣeye: in silk (cloth)
• kauṣeye: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kauṣeya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• hṛte: when (it is) stolen
• hṛte: Kāla/Hetu (काल/हेतु; when/if stolen)
• Type: Verb
• Root: hṛ (धातु) + क्त (क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle), सप्तमी-तुल्ये लोके (locative-absolute sense)

• vastre: in a garment/cloth
• vastre: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vastra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• abhijāyate: is born (as)
• abhijāyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु) उपसर्ग: abhi-
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

Speakers

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Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Dharma
• Karma
• Ethics
• Household conduct

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Clothing is tied to dignity and social standing; stealing it violates personal security. The silkworm rebirth is a pointed “like-for-like” consequence: one who steals silk becomes the producer bound to spinning and cocooning.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ethical/ritual-social instruction (dharma) rather than cosmic genealogy.

What is the esoteric significance?

Garments can symbolize persona/identity. Theft of garments implies appropriation of another’s ‘covering’; the result is rebirth in forms associated with feathers/fibres/cocoons—becoming literally bound in coverings.