Shloka 48
कालयुक्तधर्मविवेकः
Discerning Dharma in Accord with Time
Devanagari script
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच हन्त ते<हं प्रवक्ष्यामि देवि कर्मफलोदयम् । मर्त्यलोके नर: सर्वो येन स्वफलमश्षुते
Transliteration
śrīmaheśvara uvāca: hanta te 'haṃ pravakṣyāmi devi karmaphalodayam | martyaloke naraḥ sarvo yena svaphalam aśnute ||
Translation
圣大自在天说道：“来吧，女神啊，我将为你宣说业行之果如何成熟显现。在凡人世间，每一个人都依此法则，必将亲自经历并承受自己所作所为的结果。”
Word by Word
श्रीमहेश्वरःLord Maheshvara (Shiva)
श्रीमहेश्वरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootश्रीमहेश्वर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
हन्तindeed; well then
हन्त:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहन्त
तेto you
ते:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormFeminine, Dative, Singular
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रवक्ष्यामिwill explain; will tell
प्रवक्ष्यामि:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormSimple Future, 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada
देविO goddess
देवि:
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी
FormFeminine, Vocative, Singular
कर्मफलोदयम्the arising/manifestation of the fruit of actions
कर्मफलोदयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मफलोदय
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
मर्त्यलोकेin the mortal world
मर्त्यलोके:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमर्त्यलोक
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
नरःa man; a human
नरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सर्वःevery; all
सर्वः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
येनby which; whereby
येन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
स्वफलम्one's own fruit (result)
स्वफलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्वफल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अश्नुतेenjoys; experiences; partakes
अश्नुते:
TypeVerb
Rootअश्
FormPresent, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada
Speaker
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Characters & Entities
Ś
Śrī Maheśvara (Śiva)D
Devī (the Goddess)M
martyaloka (mortal world)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
That the fruits of actions inevitably manifest, and each person in the mortal world must experience the results of his or her own deeds—an ethical principle grounding responsibility and moral causality.
Maheśvara addresses Devī and begins an explanatory discourse, announcing that he will describe how karmic results arise and how all humans come to undergo their respective outcomes.