Shloka 30

Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption

Devanagari script

ततो गर्भ: सम्भवति श्लेषात्‌ स्त्रीपुंसयोर्नूप । एतत्‌ ते सर्वमाख्यातं भूय: कि श्रोतुमिच्छसि

Transliteration

tato garbhaḥ sambhavati śleṣāt strīpuṃsayor nṛpa | etat te sarvam ākhyātaṃ bhūyaḥ kiṃ śrotum icchasi rājān ||

Translation

“继而，大王啊，由女子与男子的结合，胚胎便得生成。我已尽为汝说；如今，统御之君啊，你还愿听什么？”

Word by Word

• ततः: then/from that
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: indeclinable (ablatival adverb)

• गर्भः: embryo, fetus
• गर्भः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• सम्भवति: arises, comes into being
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-भू
• Form: present tense (laṭ), parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular

• श्लेषात्: from contact/union
• श्लेषात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्लेष
• Form: masculine, ablative, singular

• स्त्रीपुंसयोः: of woman and man
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्रीपुंस्
• Form: dual (pair), genitive, dual

• नूप: O Nūpa (vocative address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नूप
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• एतत्: this (whole matter)
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: dative, singular

• सर्वम्: all, entire
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• आख्यातम्: told, explained
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ख्या
• Form: past passive participle (kta), neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• भूयः: again, further
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्
• Form: indeclinable (adverb)

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• श्रोतुम्: to hear
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: infinitive (tumun)

• इच्छसि: you wish/desire
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्
• Form: present tense (laṭ), parasmaipada, 2nd person, singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• king (addressed as nṛpa/rājān)
• garbha (embryo)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Conception is described as arising from the physical union of woman and man; the speaker also signals that the explanation is complete and invites further questions, reflecting a structured, inquiry-based teaching style.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira addresses a king and concludes an explanation about how the embryo forms, then asks what additional topic the listener wishes to hear next.