Shloka 2

अग्निनाम-वंश-निरूपणम् | Agni-Names and Lineage Enumeration

Devanagari script

विधिस्तु बलवान ब्रह्मन्‌ दुस्तरं हि पुरा कृतम्‌ । पुरा कृतस्य पापस्य कर्मदोषो भवत्ययम्‌

Transliteration

vidhis tu balavān brahman dustaraṁ hi purā kṛtam | purā kṛtasya pāpasya karmadoṣo bhavaty ayam ||

Translation

摩罗迦ṇḍeya说道：“婆罗门啊，命定（vidhi）确实强大；往昔所作，难以超越。这便是行为所含之过：久远之前所犯之罪，其业报必然生起。”

Word by Word

• विधिः: fate; ordinance
• विधिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but; indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• बलवान्: powerful
• बलवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्मन्: O Brahmin
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दुस्तरम्: hard to cross; insurmountable
• दुस्तरम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुस्तर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed; for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• पुरा: formerly; earlier
• पुरा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• कृतम्: done; performed
• कृतम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पुरा: formerly; earlier
• पुरा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• कृतस्य: of (that which is) done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• पापस्य: of sin; of evil
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• कर्मदोषः: fault (resulting) from an act; defect of action
• कर्मदोषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मदोष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भवति: becomes; arises; is
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Singular

• अयम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Brahman (addressed interlocutor)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that destiny (vidhi) is forceful because past actions are difficult to undo; wrongdoing committed earlier ripens into consequences, illustrating the inescapable moral causality of karma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya, speaking to a Brahmin interlocutor, explains why present suffering or difficulty can persist: it is driven by the momentum of deeds done long ago, especially sinful acts whose karmic results now manifest.