Shloka 30

कर्मनाशाभावः, गर्भे जीवप्रवेशः, आचारधर्मोपदेशः

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

Devanagari script

यथात्र कश्रिन्मेधावी दृष्टात्मा पूर्वजन्मनि । यत्‌ प्रवक्ष्यामि तत्‌ सर्व यथावदुपपद्यते

Transliteration

yathātra kaścin medhāvī dṛṣṭātmā pūrvajanmani | yat pravakṣyāmi tat sarvaṃ yathāvad upapadyate ||

Translation

正如某位智者——曾在前生证得自我（真我）者——能够在此谈论世间无常之性，我亦将如此开示。我将要宣说的一切，皆圆满严密、前后一贯，并合乎理性。

Word by Word

• {'yathā': 'just as

• in the manner that', 'atra': 'here

• in this context', 'kaścit': 'someone

• a certain (person)', 'medhāvī': 'intelligent

• wise', 'dṛṣṭātmā': 'one who has seen/realized the Self

• self-realized', 'pūrvajanmani': 'in a former birth

• in a previous life', 'yat': 'that which

• what', 'pravakṣyāmi': 'I shall declare

• I will explain', 'tat': 'that', 'sarvam': 'all

• entirely', 'yathāvat': 'properly

• as it truly is', 'upapadyate': 'is consistent

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्राह्मण (speaker)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The speaker grounds his instruction in the authority of realized wisdom: true insight into the Self (ātma-darśana), even if attained in a prior life, enables one to speak correctly about the world’s impermanence. He also emphasizes that his forthcoming teaching will be rationally coherent (upapadyate) and properly stated (yathāvat).

What is happening in the narrative?

A Brahmin speaker introduces a didactic passage, preparing the listener for a philosophical explanation. He claims that his forthcoming statements—especially concerning the transient nature of worldly existence—will match what a genuinely wise, self-realized person would say, and that they will be internally consistent and well-reasoned.