Shloka 6
कालनिर्णयः, युगधर्मवर्णनम्, सृष्टिक्रमश्च
Time-Reckoning, Yuga-Dharma, and the Sequence of Creation
अन्तवन्त इमे देहा भूतानां च सुराधिप । तेन शक्र न शोचामि नापराधादिदं मम
antavanta ime dehā bhūtānāṁ ca surādhipa | tena śakra na śocāmi nāparādhād idaṁ mama, deveśvara ||
હે સુરાધિપ! પ્રાણીઓના આ બધા દેહ અંતવંત છે; તેથી, હે શક્ર, હું શોક કરતો નથી. અને આ ગર્દભ-દેહ મને કોઈ અપરાધના ફળરૂપે મળ્યો નથી; મેં તેને સ્વઇચ્છાએ ધારણ કર્યો છે.
श॒क्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
All embodied forms are impermanent; recognizing the perishability of the body, one should not fall into grief. The verse also distinguishes between suffering that arises from one’s wrongdoing and a condition assumed deliberately, underscoring ethical clarity and inner detachment.
Śakra (Indra) explains to the addressed divine lord that he does not lament his present embodiment—even as a donkey—because bodies inevitably end, and because this particular form was not imposed as punishment for a fault but was taken up by his own choice.