Shloka 9

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

Sanskrit

सञ्जायते महावक्त्रो मूषिको बभ्रुसन्निभः । परदाराभिमर्षात्तु वृको घोरोऽभिजायते ॥

Transliteration

sañjāyate mahāvaktro mūṣiko babhrusannibhaḥ / paradārābhimarṣāttu vṛko ghoro 'bhijāyate

Translation

وہ بڑے منہ والا، بھورے رنگ کا چوہا بن کر پیدا ہوتا ہے۔ مگر پرائی عورت سے بدکاری کے گناہ سے خوفناک بھیڑیا جنم لیتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• सञ्जायते: is born/arises
• सञ्जायते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada)

• महावक्त्रः: the large-mouthed one
• महावक्त्रः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महā + वक्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• मूषिकः: a mouse/rat
• मूषिकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूषिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• बभ्रु-सन्निभः: resembling brown (color)
• बभ्रु-सन्निभः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बभ्रु (प्रातिपदिक) + सन्निभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• पर-दार-अभिमर्षात्: from violating another's wife
• पर-दार-अभिमर्षात्: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक) + दार (प्रातिपदिक) + अभिमर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), पञ्चमी (5th case, Ablative), एकवचन (singular)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक (adversative/emphatic)

• वृकः: a wolf
• वृकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• घोरः: terrible
• घोरः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• अभिजायते: is born (as)/comes into being
• अभिजायते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada)

Speakers

• Not specified in input (didactic narration)

Verse Rasa

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

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Theft
• Sexual misconduct (paradāra)
• Karma and rebirth

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The text grades harms: theft of crops leads to a scavenging/gnawing embodiment (mouse), while sexual violation of another’s spouse is portrayed as predatory violence (wolf).

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ancillary dharma teaching (karma-vipāka), not a core pancalakṣaṇa narrative unit.

What is the esoteric significance?

Mouse and wolf are moral metaphors: secretive consumption versus open predation—two modes of adharma shaping the next ‘nature’ (svabhāva).