Shloka 33

Jvarotpatti — The Origin and Distribution of Jvara

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Devanagari script

पुण्यपापविनाशान्ते पुण्यपापसमीरित: । देहं विशति कालेन ततो<यं कर्मसम्भवम्‌

Transliteration

puṇyapāpavināśānte puṇyapāpasamīritaḥ | dehaṁ viśati kālena tato 'yaṁ karmasambhavam ||

Translation

阿悉多说道：“当福与罪的果报已至穷尽之时，有情——正被那福与罪之力所驱使——便在时机成熟时进入一具身体。故此，有身之存在乃由自身之业而生。”

Word by Word

• पुण्यपापविनाशान्ते: at the end of the destruction of merit and sin
• पुण्यपापविनाशान्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्यपापविनाशान्त
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पुण्यपापसमीरितः: impelled/urged by merit and sin
• पुण्यपापसमीरितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्यपापसमीरित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• देहम्: a body
• देहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विशति: enters
• विशति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: विश्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कालेन: in due course / with time
• कालेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• ततः: then/thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कर्मसम्भवम्: arisen from karma (action)
• कर्मसम्भवम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्मसम्भव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

असित उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Asita

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Embodiment is governed by moral causality: when the stored results of merit and sin reach their completion, the jīva is driven by those karmic forces to take up another body; thus worldly existence is karma-born.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, the sage Asita explains the mechanism of rebirth: the exhaustion and momentum of puṇya and pāpa determine the next entry into a body over time.