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Shloka 29

कर्मनाशाभावः, गर्भे जीवप्रवेशः, आचारधर्मोपदेशः

Karma’s Non-Extinction, Jīva’s Entry into the Embryo, and Instruction on Conduct-Dharma

तस्य कालपरीमाणमकरोत्‌ स पितामह: । भूतेषु परिवृत्तिं च पुनरावृत्तिमेव च

tasya kālaparimāṇam akarot sa pitāmahaḥ | bhūteṣu parivṛttiṃ ca punarāvṛttim eva ca ||

Đối với hữu tình mang thân ấy, bậc Tổ phụ (Đấng Tạo Hóa) đã định lượng thời gian—phải mang thân bao lâu—và cũng an bài sự xoay vần trong các loài, cùng sự trở lại nữa: từ cõi khác quay về mà sinh ra lần nữa nơi cõi này.

तस्यof him/its
तस्य:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
कालtime
काल:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकाल
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
परिमाणम्measure/limit
परिमाणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपरिमाण
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अकरोत्made/ordained
अकरोत्:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormAorist (Luṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पितामहःthe Grandsire (Brahmā)
पितामहः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपितामह
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भूतेषुamong beings
भूतेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभूत
FormNeuter, Locative, Plural
परिवृत्तिम्circulation/turning about (transmigration)
परिवृत्तिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपरिवृत्ति
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पुनरावृत्तिम्returning again (rebirth/return)
पुनरावृत्तिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुनरावृत्ति
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root

ब्राह्मण उवाच

पितामह (Brahmā/Grandsire, creator)

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches that lifespan and the cycle of transmigration and return (rebirth) operate under an ordained cosmic order: the Creator sets limits of embodied existence and the recurring movement through births, implying moral causality and regulation rather than arbitrariness.

A Brahmin speaker explains the structure of worldly existence: Brahmā (pitāmaha) has established how long beings remain embodied and how they circulate among forms of life and return from the other world to be born again, situating the discussion within a broader reflection on destiny, karma, and dharma.