Shloka 50
Yayāti Episode: Indra’s Anxiety, the Messenger Motif, and a Discourse on Time (Kāla) and Karma
गर्भशय्यामुपादाय भुंजते पूर्वदैहिकम् । संत्यजंति स्वकं कर्म न क्वचित्पुरुषा भुवि
garbhaśayyāmupādāya bhuṃjate pūrvadaihikam | saṃtyajaṃti svakaṃ karma na kvacitpuruṣā bhuvi
رحم کی سیج اختیار کر کے جیو اپنے پچھلے جسمانی اعمال کے پھل بھگتتے ہیں؛ زمین پر کہیں بھی انسان اپنا کرم کبھی ترک نہیں کرتا۔
Unspecified (narratorial/teaching voice within Bhūmi-khaṇḍa context)
Concept: From the very moment of taking a womb, beings undergo the fruits of prior embodied deeds; karma is not something one can simply discard.
Application: Let the reality of repeated birth inspire urgency: simplify life, reduce harmful actions, and adopt steady devotional vows (e.g., Ekādaśī fasting, charity, temple service) as long-term karmic reorientation.
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A symbolic, non-graphic depiction of the ‘womb-bed’: a curled infant silhouette within a lotus-bud chamber, surrounded by faint inscriptions of past deeds like drifting ink in water. Outside the lotus, a wheel of time turns, and shadowy scenes of prior actions hover as translucent vignettes, showing that karma accompanies the jīva into birth.","primary_figures":["symbolic infant silhouette (jīva)","personified Kāla (time) as a wheel motif","translucent vignettes of past actions"],"setting":"mythic interior of a lotus-bud womb symbol, floating in a dark cosmic space with subtle dharma symbols","lighting_mood":"divine radiance","color_palette":["crimson lotus","deep midnight blue","smoky gold","pearl white","charcoal gray"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: central lotus-bud womb symbol with a pearl-white infant silhouette, gold leaf radiance around a time-wheel, ornate borders with conch and chakra motifs; rich reds and greens, embossed gold detailing to convey karmic inscriptions as sacred script.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: poetic symbolism—lotus bud cradling a soft silhouette, delicate translucent panels showing past deeds, cool night palette with gentle gold highlights; refined linework and airy negative space.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: iconic lotus womb motif, bold outlines, strong reds/yellows with dark blue ground, stylized time-wheel and script-like karmic patterns; temple-wall compositional balance.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: lotus-centric composition with layered petals forming a cradle, intricate floral borders, deep indigo cloth base with gold highlights; karmic vignettes arranged like small lotus medallions around the central bud."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"dramatic","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"slow-meditative","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["low drum pulse","conch shell (distant)","wind hush","temple bells (faint)"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: गर्भशय्यामुपादाय = गर्भशय्याम् + उपादाय; क्वचित्पुरुषाः = क्वचित् + पुरुषाः
FAQs
It indicates entry into the womb and the embodied condition itself—suggesting that even before birth, the jīva undergoes experiences shaped by prior karma.
Karma is inescapable: beings necessarily undergo the results of past actions across lifetimes; one cannot simply “drop” one’s karmic burden by wish or denial.
Since future experience is shaped by present conduct, it urges moral restraint and dharmic action, emphasizing responsibility for one’s choices rather than blaming fate or others.