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
sattvaṁ balaṁ ca kālaṁ ca viditvā cātmanas tathā | ativelam upāśrāti svaviruddhāny anātmavān ||
Even after knowing his own steadiness of mind, his strength, and the proper time, a man without self-mastery still eats at improper times and consumes what is contrary to his own constitution.
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.