14.15
रजसि प्रलयं गत्वा
कर्मसङ्गिषु जायते ।
तथा प्रलीनस्तमसि
मूढयोनिषु जायते ॥
rajasi pralayaṃ gatvā karmasaṅgiṣu jāyate
tathā pralīnas tamasi mūḍhayoniṣu jāyate
Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) is still speaking, to Arjuna (अर्जुन).
The verse
Having gone to dissolution in rajas (रजस्), he is born among those who cling to action; and likewise, one dissolved in tamas (तमस्) is born in deluded wombs.
नेपालीमा
रजस्मा प्रलयमा पुगेर ऊ कर्ममा आसक्तहरूका बीच जन्मिन्छ, र त्यसरी नै तमस्मा विलीन भएको व्यक्ति मूढ योनिमा जन्मिन्छ।
Where it sits
14.14 sent the one who dies in sattva (सत्त्व) to stainless worlds, and this verse keeps the other two in birth: rajas (रजस्) among people of action, tamas (तमस्) in a deluded womb.
Split: रजसि + प्रलयम् + गत्वा + कर्म-सङ्गिषु + जायते + तथा + प्रलीनः + तमसि + मूढ-योनिषु + जायते
rajasi + pralayam + gatvā + karma-saṅgiṣu + jāyate + tathā + pralīnaḥ + tamasi + mūḍha-yoniṣu + jāyate
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| रजसि | rajasi | locative neuter | in rajas (रजस्). |
| प्रलयम् | pralayam | accusative | dissolution. Death, as in 14.14. |
| गत्वा | gatvā | gerund of gam (गम्) | having gone. |
| कर्म-सङ्गिषु | karma-saṅgiṣu | locative plural | among those who cling to action. saṅgin (सङ्गिन्) is one who clings. |
| जायते | jāyate | present, 3rd singular, middle | he is born. |
| तथा | tathā | indeclinable | likewise. |
| प्रलीनः | pralīnaḥ | nominative | dissolved, the one who has gone into death. pra-lī (प्र-ली). |
| तमसि | tamasi | locative neuter | in tamas (तमस्). |
| मूढ-योनिषु | mūḍha-yoniṣu | locative plural | in deluded wombs. mūḍha (मूढ) is deluded. |
| जायते | jāyate | present, 3rd singular, middle | he is born. |
The phrases
rajasi pralayaṃ gatvā karma-saṅgiṣu jāyate (रजसि प्रलयं गत्वा कर्म-सङ्गिषु जायते) is the death in rajas (रजस्). Having gone to dissolution while in that strand, he is born among people who cling to action. The subject is still the body-bearer of 14.14. gatvā (गत्वा) borrows him.
tathā pralīnaḥ tamasi mūḍha-yoniṣu jāyate (तथा प्रलीनः तमसि मूढ-योनिषु जायते) is the death in tamas (तमस्). Likewise, one who has dissolved in that strand is born in deluded wombs. pralīnaḥ (प्रलीनः) is the subject this time, said out loud. tathā (तथा) means the pattern matches, not that the womb matches.
Sanskrit in this line
karma-saṅgiṣu (कर्म-सङ्गिषु) and mūḍha-yoniṣu (मूढ-योनिषु) are locative plurals, and they answer "born where." The ending --iṣu (इषु) is locative plural of an इ-stem, here saṅgin (सङ्गिन्) and yoni (योनि). rajasi (रजसि) and tamasi (तमसि) are a different locative. They say which strand he was in when he died. They are not the place he is born into.
Say it back
Cover the English. Give the two births. If mūḍha-yoniṣu (मूढ-योनिषु) is said of the death in rajas (रजस्), stay here.