Shloka 93
Adhyaya 10 — Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey
प्रयान्त्याशु विमानानि नानादिव्यास्त्रगुज्ज्वलाः ।
तस्माच्च प्रच्युता राज्ञामन्येषां च महात्मनाम् ॥
prayānty āśu vimānāni nānādivyāstragujjvalāḥ | tasmāc ca pracyutā rājñām anyeṣāṃ ca mahātmanām ||
शीघ्र ही विविध दिव्य मालाओं और आभूषणों से दीप्त विमान आते हैं; और उस स्वर्ग-स्थिति से, पुण्य क्षीण होने पर, राजा तथा अन्य महात्मा नीचे गिर पड़ते हैं।
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FAQs
Even exalted rewards are impermanent: svarga is enjoyed until puṇya is spent, after which descent occurs. This encourages pursuit of enduring aims (mokṣa) beyond merely accruing merit for pleasure.
Didactic karmaphala teaching; it intersects with cosmology (lokas) but is not a manvantara/genealogy passage here.
The ‘vimāna’ motif can symbolize elevated states of consciousness gained by virtuous tendencies; ‘falling’ indicates the return of the jīva to embodied limitation when supportive causes are depleted.