Varaha Purana 187.60: Adhyaya 187, Shloka 60
Determination of the Origin and Procedure of the Ancestral Offering
Pitṛyajña/Śrāddha
Uttara Bhāga · Death as Inherent to Birth; Inevitability of Departure
जातस्य सर्वभूतस्य कालो मृत्युरुपस्थितः ॥ अवश्यं चैव गन्तव्यं कृतान्तविहितेन च
jātasya sarvabhūtasya kālo mṛtyur upasthitaḥ | avaśyaṁ caiva gantavyaṁ kṛtāntavihitena ca ||
jAtasya sarvabhUtasya kAlo mRRityurupasthitaH || avashyaM chaiva gantavyaM kRRitAntavihitena cha
जो पैदा हुआ है उसके लिए समय, यानी मौत, पास खड़ा है। हरना ज़रूरी है, यह मृत्यु ने लिख के रखा है।
Sandhi Notes
- mṛtyur upasthitaḥ = mṛtyuḥ + upasthitaḥ
- caiva = ca + eva
- kṛtāntavihitena = kṛtānta + vihitena (tatpuruṣa)
Nārada
Why is death inevitable for all born beings, and what enforces this inevitability (Kāla/Kṛtānta)?
Birth entails death; Kāla as mṛtyu is ever-near; departure follows Kṛtānta’s fixed ordinance.
Live with saṃvega (spiritual urgency): practice devotion, charity, self-control; complete responsibilities without procrastination.
Kṛtānta (‘the fixed end’) expresses the Purāṇic doctrine of niyati: the ordained terminus of embodied life; in broader Vaiṣṇava frames, the timeless Lord stands beyond kāla even while governing it.
Distinguishes the perishable (jāta, embodied) from the imperishable (ātman/Brahman); mokṣa is freedom from time-bound identification.
Accept the inevitability of death for the born; align conduct with dharma rather than denial of Kṛtānta’s ordinance.
Acceptance supports timely performance of duties and rites; denial leads to attachment, fear, and adharma-driven choices.
Varāha Purāṇa 187.63–65 (grieflessness; trailokya mortality; kāla)
FAQs
It encapsulates a core Sanskrit philosophical commonplace—birth implies death—using Purāṇic diction (kāla, kṛtānta) that influenced later ethical and literary traditions.
No geographic site is identified; the verse is universal in scope.
To accept inevitability (avaśyam) and cultivate composure by understanding death as an inbuilt condition of embodied existence.
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