Shloka 35
Adhyaya 10 — Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey
पुत्र उवाच शृणु तात ! यथा वृत्तं ममेदं सुख-दुःखदम् ।
यश्चाहमासमन्यस्मिन् जन्मन्यस्मत्परन्तु यत् ॥
putra uvāca śṛṇu tāta yathā vṛttaṃ mamedaṃ sukha-duḥkha-dam | yaś cāham āsam anyasmin janmany asmat parantu yat ||
Người con nói: Thưa cha, xin hãy nghe việc ấy đã xảy đến với con như thế nào—mang theo cả vui lẫn khổ—và trong một đời khác, khác với đời này, con đã là ai.
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FAQs
Life’s mixed outcomes (sukha/duḥkha) are traced to karmic continuity across births; recounting prior states is used to teach responsibility and the possibility of spiritual recovery.
Not a genealogical vaṃśa list, but a karmic-biographical narrative serving dharma and mokṣa instruction; it uses the Purāṇic storytelling method to convey doctrine.
The ‘other birth’ points to layered identity: the jīva’s journey through forms, while the witnessing awareness can reawaken remembrance and detachment.