Shloka 42
Manu’s Progeny and the Birth of Iḍā
Genealogy and Dharma-Choice
सूत उवाच । न जरा क्षुत्पिपासा वा विकारास्तत्र संति वै । अपमृत्युर्न केषांचिन्मुनयो ब्रह्मणोंऽतिके
sūta uvāca | na jarā kṣutpipāsā vā vikārāstatra saṃti vai | apamṛtyurna keṣāṃcinmunayo brahmaṇoṃ'tike
Sūta said: There, indeed, there is no old age, nor hunger and thirst, nor any bodily afflictions. And for some sages who abide in the presence of Brahmā, there is no untimely death.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Sthala Purana: Sūta explains the loka-dharma near Brahmā: absence of decay, hunger, thirst, and (for some) untimely death—highlighting how kāla and deha-vikāra are conditioned by realm.
Significance: Teaches vairāgya: bodily afflictions are contingent; liberation is not merely a better realm but transcendence of bondage itself.
Cosmic Event: Differential operation of kāla and deha-dharma across lokas; ‘apamṛtyu’ negated for certain residents near Brahmā.
FAQs
It describes a higher state/realm where embodied limitations—aging, hunger, thirst, and affliction—do not operate, pointing to the Shaiva goal of transcending pāśa (bondage) and bodily impermanence through divine grace and realization.
Such freedom from decay and untimely death is presented as a fruit of proximity to the divine order; in Shaiva practice, devotion to Saguna Shiva (Linga worship with mantra and purity) is a primary means for the bound soul (paśu) to approach Pati’s grace and rise beyond mortal conditions.
Contemplate impermanence and meditate on Shiva as the death-transcending Lord (Mṛtyuñjaya-bhāva), supported by steady japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and disciplined yogic restraint to reduce vikāras (disturbances).