उपनिषद् · Garbha 6
॥
देवनागरी
यन् मया परिजनस्यार्थे कृतं कर्म शुभाशुभम् एकाकी तेन दह्ये ऽहं गतास् ते फलभोगिनः
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
yan mayā parijanasyārthe kṛtaṃ karma śubhāśubham ekākī tena dahye 'haṃ gatās te phalabhoginaḥ
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
यत् मया परिजनस्य अर्थेyat mayā parijanasya arthewhat by me for the sake of my household; that which I, for the sake of my kin
कृतम् कर्म शुभाशुभम्kṛtam karma śubhāśubhamwas done — deeds good and evil; performed — action fair and foul
एकाकी तेन दह्ये अहम्ekākī tena dahye ahamalone I burn by it; by it I, solitary, am scorched
गताः ते फलभोगिनःgatāḥ te phalabhoginaḥgone are they who enjoyed the fruits; departed are the eaters of the fruit
अनुवाद
“What I did, good and evil, for the sake of my household — by that I burn alone; and they who enjoyed the fruits are gone.”
संस्करण
38489a34ac71 · प्रकाशित 29 जुल॰ 2026, 2:57:05 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The second verse, and it speaks of what a man usually understands too late.
It says: parijanasyārthe — “for the sake of the household”. For one's own: parents, wife, children, those one fed.
And the deeds done for them were of every kind: śubhāśubham, “good and evil”. The book does not reckon which were the more.
And then two words on which the whole verse stands: ekākī... dahye — “alone I burn”.
The verb dah is “to burn”. Not “I am punished”, not “I suffer”: I burn.
And the last: gatās te phala-bhoginaḥ — “gone are they who enjoyed the fruits”.
Here is the exact description of how bondage by deeds is constructed. The fruits were eaten by all together; the bill is presented to one.
There is no reproach of one's kin in this: they are not guilty and they practised no deceit. It is simply that responsibility for a deed is not divided, as spoils are divided.
The next four verses will seek someone to turn to, and all of them will begin the same way: “if I come out of this womb...”.