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Shloka 236

Dehānta (Cyavana) and Upapatti: Kāśyapa’s Questions and the Siddha’s Account of Death, Pain, and Karmic Re-embodiment

ब्रह्मणा सम्परित्यक्तो मृत इत्युच्यते नरै: । इस प्रकार जब जीव शरीरका त्याग करता है

brahmaṇā samparityakto mṛta ity ucyate naraiḥ |

ಬ್ರಹ್ಮ (ಜೀವನತತ್ತ್ವ) ದೇಹವನ್ನು ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿ ತ್ಯಜಿಸಿದಾಗ ಜನರು ಅದನ್ನು ‘ಮೃತ’ ಎಂದು ಕರೆಯುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಜೀವನು ದೇಹವನ್ನು ಬಿಟ್ಟ ಕ್ಷಣದಲ್ಲೇ ಅದು ಉಸಿರಿಲ್ಲದಂತೆ ಕಾಣುತ್ತದೆ; ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ ಉಷ್ಣತೆ, ಉಸಿರಾಟ, ಕಾಂತಿ ಮತ್ತು ಚೇತನ್ಯ ಯಾವುದೂ ಉಳಿಯದು. ಹೀಗೆ ಆತ್ಮದಿಂದ ಪರಿತ್ಯಕ್ತವಾದ ದೇಹವನ್ನೇ ಲೋಕ ‘ಮೃತ’ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳುತ್ತದೆ.

ब्रह्मणाby Brahman / by the (supreme) spirit
ब्रह्मणा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
सम्परित्यक्तःcompletely abandoned / forsaken
सम्परित्यक्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-परि-त्यज्
Formक्त, Masculine, Nominative, Singular
मृतःdead
मृतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमृत
Formक्त (from मृ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
इति"thus" (quotative marker)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
उच्यतेis said / is called
उच्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormLat, Atmanepada, Passive, Third, Singular
नरैःby men / by people
नरैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootनर
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural

सिद्ध उवाच

S
Siddha
B
Brahman
J
jīva (individual self)
Ś
śarīra (body)

Educational Q&A

Death is defined not merely as physical stillness but as the departure of the indwelling self/life-principle: when consciousness, warmth, breath, and radiance cease because the jīva is gone, the body is called ‘dead.’

A Siddha instructs by explaining how people recognize death: the body, once the jīva departs, becomes breathless and devoid of heat and awareness, and is therefore designated as a corpse.