Shloka 33
Dehānta (Cyavana) and Upapatti: Kāśyapa’s Questions and the Siddha’s Account of Death, Pain, and Karmic Re-embodiment
पश्यन्त्येवंविधं सिद्धा जीवं दिव्येन चक्षुषा । च्यवन्तं जायमानं च योनिं चानुप्रवेशितम्
paśyanty evaṃvidhaṃ siddhā jīvaṃ divyena cakṣuṣā | cyavantaṃ jāyamānaṃ ca yoniṃ cānupraveśitam ||
Para Siddha yang dianugerahi penglihatan ilahi memandang jīva dengan cara demikian: mereka melihatnya ketika luruh dari satu raga, ketika lahir ke raga lain, dan ketika memasuki rahim. Seperti mata biasa melihat kunang-kunang berkelip dalam gelap—muncul di sini lalu lenyap di sana—demikianlah para sempurna bermata pengetahuan senantiasa menyaksikan gerak jīva melalui kematian, kelahiran, dan masa dalam kandungan.
सिद्ध उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the jīva undergoes death, birth, and entry into the womb, and that perfected seers (Siddhas) can directly perceive this cycle through divine/gnostic vision. Ethically, it supports detachment from mere bodily identity and encourages responsibility for karma across lives.
A Siddha is explaining how realized beings perceive the subtle movement of the living self: they witness its departure from one embodiment, its new birth, and its descent into the womb—events ordinarily hidden from common perception.