Shloka 31
Adhyaya 50 — Mind-Born Progeny, Svayambhuva Manu’s Lineage, and Brahmā’s Ordinance to Duḥsaha (Alakṣmī’s Retinue)
वेदनात्मसुतञ्चापि दुःखं जज्ञेऽथ रौरवात् ।
मृत्योर्व्याधि-जराशोक-तृष्णा-क्रोधाश्च जज्ञिरे ॥
vedanātmasutaṃ cāpi duḥkhaṃ jajñe 'tha rauravāt | mṛtyor vyādhi-jarā-śoka-tṛṣṇā-krodhāś ca jajñire ||
ومن نسل ڤيدانَا (Vedanā) نفسه وُلد الدُهكها (Duḥkha: المعاناة) من رَوراڤا (Raurava). ومن المِرتيو (Mṛtyu: الموت) وُلدت الڤيادهي (Vyādhi: المرض) والجارا (Jarā: الشيخوخة) والشوكا (Śoka: الحزن) والتِرِشنا (Tṛṣṇā: العطش/التوق) والكرودها (Krodha: الغضب).
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FAQs
The verse groups the classic afflictions of embodied existence—disease, aging, grief, craving, anger—as ‘children of death,’ i.e., inseparable companions of mortality. It encourages dharmic restraint and insight to reduce the secondary sufferings (tṛṣṇā, krodha) that amplify inevitable decay.
Sarga/Pratisarga: cataloging the emergence of existential afflictions as part of the created order, presented through lineage.
Vyādhi and jarā represent bodily impermanence; śoka, tṛṣṇā, krodha represent mental reactions. The teaching implies liberation is chiefly from the reactive triad (grief–craving–anger), even if birth-death processes continue.