Shloka 8
Dehānta (Cyavana) and Upapatti: Kāśyapa’s Questions and the Siddha’s Account of Death, Pain, and Karmic Re-embodiment
सत्त्वं बलं च कालं॑ च विदित्वा चात्मनस्तथा । अतिवेलमुपाश्राति स्वविरुद्धान्यनात्मवान्,वह अपने सत्त्व (धैर्य) बल और अनुकूल समयको जानकर भी मनपर अधिकार न होनेके कारण असमयमें तथा अपनी प्रकृतिके विरुद्ध भोजन करता है
sattvaṁ balaṁ ca kālaṁ ca viditvā cātmanas tathā | ativelam upāśrāti svaviruddhāny anātmavān ||
Selbst wenn er die Festigkeit seines Geistes, seine Kraft und die rechte Zeit kennt, isst der Mensch ohne Selbstbeherrschung doch zur Unzeit und nimmt zu sich, was seiner eigenen Konstitution widerspricht.
सिद्ध उवाच
Educational Q&A
True discipline requires self-mastery: even if one knows what is wholesome, timely, and suited to one’s strength and temperament, lack of control leads to untimely and unsuitable indulgence.
A Siddha delivers a didactic observation on conduct, using eating as a concrete example to show how uncontrolled mind and senses can override correct knowledge and lead to harmful, adharma-adjacent habits.