Shloka 9
अध्वर्यु–यति संवादः
Adhvaryu–Yati Dialogue on Svabhāva, Ahiṃsā, and Mokṣa
यो हास्य पार्थिवो भाग: पृथिवीं स गमिष्यति । यदस्य वारिजं किंचिदपस्तत् सम्प्रवेक्ष्यति,“इसके शरीरका जो पार्थिव भाग है, वह पृथ्वीमें विलीन हो जायगा। इसका जो कुछ भी जलीय भाग है, वह जलमें प्रविष्ट हो जायगा
yo hāsya pārthivo bhāgaḥ pṛthivīṃ sa gamiṣyati | yad asya vārijaṃ kiñcid apas tat sampravekṣyati |
The Brahmin said: “Whatever in this body is of the earth will return and merge into the earth; and whatever in it is of the nature of water will enter into water. Thus the embodied being is seen as a temporary compound of elements, destined to dissolve back into their sources—an insight meant to steady the mind toward detachment and right understanding.”
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The body is a composite of elements; at death its elemental parts return to their respective sources (earth to earth, water to water). This supports ethical steadiness through detachment from the perishable body and clearer discernment of what truly endures.
A Brahmin speaker explains the post-mortem dissolution of the body into elemental constituents, using it as instruction—typically to calm grief, correct attachment, and frame conduct in light of impermanence.