Shloka 27

Purohita-Niyoga and the Brahma–Kṣatra Concord

Aila–Kaśyapa Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

पापस्य लोको निरयो<प्रकाशो नित्यं दु:खं शोकभूयिष्ठमेव । तत्रात्मानं शोचति पापकर्म बह्वी: समा: प्रतपत्रप्रतिष्ठ:

Transliteration

kāśyapa uvāca | pāpasya loko nirayo 'prakāśo nityaṃ duḥkhaṃ śokabhūyiṣṭham eva | tatrātmānaṃ śocati pāpakarmā bahvīḥ samāḥ pratapatra-pratiṣṭhaḥ ||

Translation

迦叶波说道：“罪业所分得之界即是地狱——无光无明，恒常充满痛苦，悲恸泛滥。作恶之人于彼为己哀号；经年累岁为苦刑所灼，脚下无所安立，常被自生之忧愁所吞噬。”

Word by Word

• पापस्य: of sin / of the sinful (deed)
• पापस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• लोकः: world/realm
• लोकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निरयः: hell
• निरयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निरय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अप्रकाशः: dark, without light
• अप्रकाशः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्रकाश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• दुःखम्: suffering
• दुःखम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शोकभूयिष्ठम्: abounding in grief / mostly grief
• शोकभूयिष्ठम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोकभूयिष्ठ
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

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

• आत्मानम्: oneself
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शोचति: grieves, laments
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुच्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पापकर्मा: one whose deeds are sinful
• पापकर्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पापकर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बह्वीः: many
• बह्वीः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• समाः: years
• समाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रतपत्रप्रतिष्ठः: having unstable footing / not firmly established (moving from place to place)
• प्रतपत्रप्रतिष्ठः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतपत्रप्रतिष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

कश्यप उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kaśyapa
• Niraya (hell)