महाप्रलयपर्यन्तेष्वाद्यकालपितामहाः । मुच्यन्ते सर्व एवाऽतः प्राक्तनं कर्म तेषु किम् ॥ ८ ॥
mahāpralayaparyantēṣvādyakālapitāmahāḥ | mucyantē sarva ēvā’taḥ prāktanaṁ karma tēṣu kim || 8 ||
Translation
At the ends of the great dissolutions, all the grandfathers of the first age are released; what former karma, then, is there in them?
Word by word
- mahā
- great
- pralaya
- of the dissolutions
- paryantēṣu
- at the ends
- ādya
- first
- kāla
- of the age
- pitāmahāḥ
- the grandfathers
- mucyantē
- are released
- sarva
- all
- ēva
- indeed
- ataḥ
- then
- prāktanaṁ
- former
- karma
- karma
- tēṣu
- in them
- kim
- what
Meaning
Another commentary: at the great dissolution all the Brahmās of the first age become free; so what karma of a former birth remains in them? The pitāmaha, the grandfather, is Brahmā, grandfather of all beings; the Brahmā of each cycle is released at its end, so none carries karma into the next.