Shloka 23
रावण–मारीचसंवादः तथा मृगप्रलोभनपूर्वकं सीताहरणोपक्रमः
Rāvaṇa–Mārīca Dialogue and the Decoy-Deer Prelude to Sītā’s Abduction
जरा मृत्यु: कुतस्तेषां हर्ष: प्रीति: सुखं न च । न दु:खं न सुखं चापि रागद्वेषौ कुतो मुने,मुने! उनमें जरा-मृत्युकी सम्भावना तो हो ही कैसे सकती है? हर्ष, प्रीति तथा सुख आदि विकारोंका भी उनमें सर्वथा अभाव ही है। ऐसी स्थितिमें उनके भीतर दुःख-सुख तथा राग-द्वेषादि कैसे रह सकते हैं?
jarā mṛtyuḥ kutas teṣāṃ harṣaḥ prītiḥ sukhaṃ na ca | na duḥkhaṃ na sukhaṃ cāpi rāgadveṣau kuto mune ||
قال الرسول الإلهي: «يا أيها الحكيم، كيف يمكن للهرم والموت أن يلحقا بهم؟ إن فيهم لا موضعَ البتّة لاضطرابٍ كالنشوة أو المودّة أو اللذّة. وفي مثل هذه الحال، يا أيها الحكيم، كيف يكون للألم والسرور وجودٌ في داخلهم—وكيف ينشأ التعلّق والنفور؟»
देवदूत उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches transcendence of dualities: one who abides in a purified, higher state (beyond bodily identification) is not governed by aging and death in the same way, and mental fluctuations—pleasure/pain, attachment/aversion—lose their hold. Ethically, it points toward vairāgya (dispassion) and steadiness as marks of spiritual maturity.
A divine messenger addresses a sage and argues that for certain exalted beings (or those established in a liberated condition), ordinary human conditions—aging, death, and emotional extremes—do not apply. The speech functions as instruction, emphasizing the inner state in which worldly opposites cannot take root.