Shloka 19
Dehānta (Cyavana) and Upapatti: Kāśyapa’s Questions and the Siddha’s Account of Death, Pain, and Karmic Re-embodiment
दृश्यन्ते संत्यजन्तश्न॒ शरीराणि द्विजर्षभ । गर्भसंक्रमणे चापि मर्मणामतिसर्पणे
dṛśyante santyajantaś ca śarīrāṇi dvijarṣabha | garbha-saṅkramaṇe cāpi marmaṇām ati-sarpaṇe ||
The Siddha said: “O best of the twice-born, beings are seen abandoning their bodies. In entering the womb as well, and in the painful disturbance of the vital joints and sensitive points, one undergoes suffering of the same kind. Thus birth and death alike are marked by intense anguish, reminding us that embodied life is inseparable from pain and that one should cultivate detachment and right conduct.”
सिद्ध उवाच
Educational Q&A
That intense suffering accompanies both birth and death; recognizing this, one should cultivate detachment from the body and live according to dharma rather than clinging to transient embodiment.
A Siddha addresses a Brahmin, pointing to the observable fact of beings leaving their bodies and comparing the pain of dying with the pain involved in entering the womb and the disturbance of vital points, to underscore the harshness of embodied existence.