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Shloka 42

Dehānta (Cyavana) and Upapatti: Kāśyapa’s Questions and the Siddha’s Account of Death, Pain, and Karmic Re-embodiment

उपपत्तिं तु वक्ष्यामि गर्भस्याहमत: परम्‌ । तथा तनन्‍्मे निगदतः: शृणुष्वावहितो द्विज

upapattiṁ tu vakṣyāmi garbhasyāham ataḥ param | tathā tan me nigadataḥ śṛṇuṣvāvahito dvija ||

Vị Siddha nói: “Giờ đây ta sẽ giảng theo thứ tự về cách chúng sinh mang thân đi vào trong bào thai, kết thành hình hài và tiến dần đến lúc sinh ra. Hỡi Bà-la-môn, hãy lắng nghe với tâm chuyên nhất và tỉnh thức khi ta thuật lại điều này.”

उपपत्तिम्explanation, account
उपपत्तिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootउपपत्ति
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
तुbut, indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
वक्ष्यामिI will tell
वक्ष्यामि:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormSimple Future (Luṭ), First, Singular, Parasmaipada
गर्भस्यof the embryo/womb
गर्भस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootगर्भ
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअहम्
FormNominative, Singular
अतःthereafter, from this point
अतः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअतः
परम्further, next
परम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपर
तथाthus, in that manner
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
तत्that (matter)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
मेto me / of me
मे:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormDative/Genitive, Singular
निगदतःof (me) speaking/declaring
निगदतः:
TypeVerb
Rootनिगदत्
FormŚatṛ (present active participle), Masculine, Genitive, Singular
शृणुष्वlisten
शृणुष्व:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु
FormImperative (Loṭ), Second, Singular, Ātmanepada
अवहितःattentive, concentrated
अवहितः:
TypeAdjective
Rootअवहित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
द्विजO twice-born (brahmin)
द्विज:
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

सिद्ध उवाच

S
Siddha
D
Dvija (Brahmin listener)
G
Garbha (womb/embryo)

Educational Q&A

The verse introduces a systematic explanation of how life takes embodiment in the womb, emphasizing disciplined listening and careful transmission of knowledge.

A Siddha addresses a Brahmin and signals a transition into a detailed account of conception and fetal development—presented as an instructive, authoritative discourse to be heard with full attention.