Shloka 37

Devanagari script

जरा रोगाश्न सततं व्यसनानि च भूरिश: । लोकेडस्मिन्ननुभूतानि द्वन्द्धजानि भूशं मया,इस लोकमें जन्म लेकर मैंने बारंबार बुढ़ापा, रोग, व्यसन और रागदद्वेषादि द्वद्धोंके प्रचुर दुःख सदा ही भोगे हैं

Transliteration

jarā rogāś ca satataṁ vyasanāni ca bhūriśaḥ | loke 'sminn anubhūtāni dvandvajāni bhṛśaṁ mayā ||

Translation

ໃນໂລກນີ້ ຂ້າໄດ້ອົດທົນຊໍ້າໆ—ຄັ້ງແລ້ວຄັ້ງເລົ່າ—ຄວາມແກ່ຊະລາ ແລະໂລກໄພ; ພ້ອມທັງໄພພິບັດນານາອັນຫຼາຍຫຼວງ. ເກີດມາໃນໂລກນີ້ ຂ້າໄດ້ປະສົບຢ່າງແຮງກ້າກັບທຸກຂ໌ຫຼາຍປະການທີ່ເກີດຈາກຄູ່ຕົວຕ້ານ (ເຊັ່ນ ຄວາມຍຶດຕິດ ແລະຄວາມຊັງ) ອັນລົບກວນຊີວິດຜູ້ມີກາຍຢ່າງບໍ່ຢຸດຢັ້ງ.

Word by Word

जराold age

रोगान्diseases

सततम्always, continually

व्यसनानिcalamities/misfortunes/addictions

चand

भूरिशःabundantly, in great measure

लोकेin the world

अस्मिन्in this

अनुभूतानिexperienced, undergone

द्वन्द्वजानिborn of pairs of opposites (e.g., like/dislike etc.)

भूयःagain and again, repeatedly

मयाby me

Speaker

सिद्ध उवाच

Characters & Entities

Siddha (speaker)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Worldly life is pervaded by unavoidable suffering—old age, disease, and repeated misfortunes—much of which is intensified by dvandvas (pairs of opposites) such as attachment and aversion. Recognizing this supports dispassion (vairāgya) and a turn toward steadiness and higher understanding.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Siddha speaks from personal experience, describing the repeated hardships he has undergone in the world. His statement functions as a reflective instruction, emphasizing the pervasive nature of suffering in embodied existence and the role of dualities in generating distress.