Shloka 13

कर्मनाशाभावः, गर्भे जीवप्रवेशः, आचारधर्मोपदेशः

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

Devanagari script

ततस्तु क्षीयते चैव पुनश्चान्यत्‌ प्रचीयते । यावत्‌ तन्मोक्षयोगस्थं धर्म नैवावबुध्यते

Transliteration

tatastu kṣīyate caiva punaścānyat pracīyate | yāvat tanmokṣayogasthaṃ dharma naivāvabudhyate ||

Translation

于是，众生沉溺于受用之中，旧业之藏固然渐次销尽；然新业之聚又复增长。若未真实了知安住于解脱之瑜伽（mokṣa-yoga）之戒行中的法，则业之相续终不得断。

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• क्षीयते: is exhausted / diminishes
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षि (क्षय)
• Form: Lat (present), Ātmanepada, 3, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अन्यत्: another (thing/karma)
• अन्यत्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• प्रचीयते: is accumulated / increases
• Type: Verb
• Root: चि (चय) उपसर्ग: प्र-
• Form: Lat (present), Ātmanepada, 3, singular

• यावत्: as long as, until
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत्

• तत्: that (dharma/means)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• मोक्षयोगस्थम्: situated in/connected with the yoga of liberation
• मोक्षयोगस्थम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मोक्ष + योग + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक: मोक्षयोगस्थ)
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• धर्मम्: dharma; righteous means/principle
• धर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• एव: indeed, at all
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अवबुध्यते: understands, realizes
• Type: Verb
• Root: बुध् (अवगम) उपसर्ग: अव-
• Form: Lat (present), Ātmanepada, 3, singular

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्राह्मण (speaker)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Enjoyment may spend (exhaust) past karma, but it simultaneously generates new karma; only the understanding of dharma grounded in mokṣa-yoga breaks the continuing chain of karmic succession.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Brahmin speaker explains a moral-spiritual principle: ordinary life driven by experience keeps karma cycling—old deeds ripen and are consumed, while new deeds are produced—until one gains liberating insight into mokṣa-oriented dharma.