Shloka 24

अज्ञान–लोभयोः परस्परहेतुत्वम्

Mutual Causality of Ignorance and Greed

Devanagari script

करिष्ये धर्ममेवेति तृतीयात्‌ परिमुच्यते । शुचिस्तीर्थान्यनुचरन्‌ बहुत्वात्परिमुच्यते

Transliteration

kariṣye dharmam eveti tṛtīyāt parimucyate | śucis tīrthāny anucaran bahutvāt parimucyate ||

Translation

绍那迦说道：“若立誓曰：‘我唯行达摩（dharma）’，则其人得脱第三次复作之罪。又若其人清净，巡行诸圣地渡口（tīrtha），凭彼圣地之众多，亦能解脱多次所积之诸罪。”

Word by Word

• करिष्ये: I shall do / I will practice
• करिष्ये: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), आत्मनेपद, उत्तम, एकवचन

• धर्मम्: dharma, righteousness
• धर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

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

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• तृतीयात्: from the third (time/instance)
• तृतीयात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• परिमुच्यते: is freed, is released
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि+मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम, एकवचन

• शुचिः: pure (person)
• शुचिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तीर्थानि: holy places, tīrthas
• तीर्थानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• अनुचरन्: wandering/frequenting (following)
• अनुचरन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु+चर् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• बहुत्वात्: from multitude; due to being many
• बहुत्वात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बहुत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• परिमुच्यते: is freed, is released
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि+मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम, एकवचन

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śaunaka
• dharma
• tīrthas (pilgrimage places)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A firm resolve to live by dharma, together with purity and pilgrimage to sacred tīrthas, is presented as a means of moral and spiritual purification—capable of releasing one from repeated or accumulated wrongdoing.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śaunaka states a doctrinal point about expiation: taking a vow to follow dharma and undertaking tīrtha-travel while maintaining purity are described as practices that free a person from recurring and numerous sins.