Shloka 21

जपयोगयोः तुल्यफलनिर्णयः

Adhyāya 193: Adjudication of the Comparable Fruits of Japa and Yoga

Devanagari script

उत्तर: पृथिवी भाग: सर्वपुण्यतम: शुभ: । इहस्थास्तत्र जायन्ते ये वै पुण्यकृतो जना:

Transliteration

uttaraḥ pṛthivī-bhāgaḥ sarva-puṇya-tamaḥ śubhaḥ | ihasthās tatra jāyante ye vai puṇya-kṛto janāḥ ||

Translation

婆罗堕阇说道：“大地之北方，最为殊胜，功德至上而吉祥。凡居于此而行正法、修善业者——真正的积德之人——死后必得生于彼处。”

Word by Word

• उत्तरः: northern
• उत्तरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पृथिवी-भागः: a part/region of the earth
• पृथिवी-भागः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी-भाग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्व-पुण्य-तमः: most holy of all
• सर्व-पुण्य-तमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वपुण्यतम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शुभः: auspicious
• शुभः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इह: here, in this world
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• स्थाः: dwelling/being (here)
• स्थाः: Karta
• Type: Kridanta
• Root: स्था
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle, used adjectivally), स्थित

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• जायन्ते: are born
• जायन्ते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Atmanepada, Third, Plural

• ये: who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• पुण्य-कृतः: doers of merit, virtuous
• पुण्य-कृतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्यकृत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• जनाः: people
• जनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bharadvaja
• Northern region of the earth (uttara pṛthivī-bhāga)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Meritorious action (puṇya-karma) shapes one’s post-death destiny: those who live righteously are said to attain rebirth in an especially auspicious and sanctified region, emphasizing ethical conduct and karmic consequence.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bharadvāja’s discourse, he identifies a particular ‘northern’ portion of the earth as exceptionally sacred and explains that virtuous people, after death, are reborn there—linking moral life in the present world with a favorable rebirth destination.