Srimad Bhagavatam — Saptama Skandha, Shloka 37
Hiraṇyakaśipu’s Wrath, the Assault on Vedic Culture, and the Boy-Yamarāja’s Teaching on the Soul
श्रीयम उवाच अहो अमीषां वयसाधिकानां विपश्यतां लोकविधिं विमोह: । यत्रागतस्तत्र गतं मनुष्यं स्वयं सधर्मा अपि शोचन्त्यपार्थम् ॥ ३७ ॥
śrī-yama uvāca aho amīṣāṁ vayasādhikānāṁ vipaśyatāṁ loka-vidhiṁ vimohaḥ yatrāgatas tatra gataṁ manuṣyaṁ svayaṁ sadharmā api śocanty apārtham
閻魔王は言った。「ああ、なんと不思議なことか。私より年長で、世の理を見知っているはずの者たちが、なお迷っている。人は知らぬ所から来て、死後またその知らぬ所へ帰る。物質自然の法に例外はない。それを知りながら、なぜ無益に嘆くのか。」
The Lord says in Bhagavad-gītā (2.28) :
FAQs
This verse says lamentation is largely useless because death is the ordained law of the world—one simply returns to the destination inevitable for all.
Yamarāja observes how people—even elders who have witnessed life’s patterns—still become deluded and grieve intensely when someone dies, forgetting dharma and inevitability.
Remember life’s impermanence, grieve with sobriety, and channel loss into dharmic living—service, prayer, and spiritual practice rather than despair.