Shloka 16

Dehānta (Cyavana) and Upapatti: Kāśyapa’s Questions and the Siddha’s Account of Death, Pain, and Karmic Re-embodiment

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आश्वमेधिकपर्वके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें सोलहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

atyartha-balavān ūṣmā śarīre parikopitaḥ | bhinatti jīva-sthānāni marmāṇi viddhi tattvataḥ ||

Translation

The Siddha teaches that when the bodily heat—identified with an aggravated bile (pitta)—becomes exceedingly powerful and is provoked within the body, it can rupture the vital seats of life and strike the body’s vulnerable junctions (marmas). Understand this truth precisely: imbalance in the inner forces of the body can destroy life itself, so self-control and right regimen are part of dharma.

Word by Word

• अत्यर्थम्: excessively, very much
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्यर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)

• बलवान्: strong, powerful
• बलवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उष्मा: heat
• उष्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उष्मन्/उष्मा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शरीरे: in the body
• शरीरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• परिकोपितः: enraged, aggravated
• परिकोपितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि+कुप् (धातु) → परिकोपित (कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भिनत्ति: splits, pierces, breaks
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद् (धातु)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• जीवस्थानानि: vital seats/abodes of life
• जीवस्थानानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवस्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• मर्माणि: vital points, vulnerable spots
• मर्माणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• विद्धि: know, understand
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तत्त्वतः: in truth, correctly, as it really is
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित)

Speaker

सिद्ध उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Siddha (speaker)
• ūṣmā (bodily heat)
• pitta (implied by context)
• śarīra (body)
• marman (vital points)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse warns that when inner bodily heat (linked with aggravated pitta) becomes excessive, it damages vital points and can destroy life; therefore, maintaining balance through restraint and proper conduct is a practical aspect of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Within the Anugita instruction, a Siddha continues a didactic explanation about the body and life-forces, emphasizing how disturbed internal conditions can harm the vital seats of life and the marmas.