Jvarotpatti — The Origin and Distribution of Jvara
Fever
तस्य प्रभावयुक्तस्य निमित्तं देहभेदने | यथैवोत्पद्यते किंचित् पञ्चत्वं गच्छते तथा
tasya prabhāvayuktasya nimittaṃ dehabhedane | yathaivotpadyate kiñcit pañcatvaṃ gacchate tathā ||
For one endowed with such spiritual potency, the occasion of the body’s breaking is of the same order as any other event: whatever is born, in due course, goes to the state of the five elements. The teaching underscores a sober ethical vision—do not cling to the body as the self, for dissolution is a natural law, not a catastrophe for the wise.
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