Shloka 19

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

Devanagari script

दृश्यन्ते संत्यजन्तश्न॒ शरीराणि द्विजर्षभ । गर्भसंक्रमणे चापि मर्मणामतिसर्पणे

Transliteration

dṛśyante santyajantaś ca śarīrāṇi dvijarṣabha | garbha-saṅkramaṇe cāpi marmaṇām ati-sarpaṇe ||

Translation

ສິດທະໄດ້ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ຜູ້ປະເສີດໃນຫມູ່ຜູ້ເກີດສອງຄັ້ງ, ເຫັນໄດ້ວ່າສັດທັງປວງລະທິ້ງກາຍຂອງຕົນ. ໃນຍາມເຂົ້າສູ່ຄັນທ້ອງກໍດີ, ແລະໃນຍາມທີ່ຂໍ້ຕໍ່ແລະຈຸດສຳຄັນຖືກກະທົບຢ່າງເຈັບປວດກໍດີ, ຄວາມທຸກທໍລະມານກໍເກີດຂຶ້ນດັ່ງດຽວກັນ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ທັງການເກີດແລະການຕາຍ ລ້ວນຖືກໝາຍໄວ້ດ້ວຍຄວາມທຸກອັນແຮງກ້າ, ເຕືອນໃຫ້ຮູ້ວ່າຊີວິດທີ່ມີກາຍບໍ່ອາດແຍກຈາກຄວາມເຈັບປວດ, ແລະຄວນປູກຝັງຄວາມບໍ່ຍຶດຕິດ ພ້ອມຄວາມປະພຶດຊອບ.»

Word by Word

• दृश्यन्ते: are seen/are observed
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Present, 3, Plural, Atmanepada, Passive/Reflexive (lakṣaṇa: -yante)

• सन्त्यजन्तः: abandoning, giving up
• सन्त्यजन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज्
• Form: Present active participle (śatṛ), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शरीराणि: bodies
• शरीराणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• द्विजर्षभ: O bull among the twice-born (best of Brahmins)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज-ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• गर्भ: in the womb
• गर्भ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• संक्रमणे: at the entering/passing (into)
• संक्रमणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्रमण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• मर्मणाम्: of the vital parts/joints
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• अतिसर्पणे: at the slipping/creeping away (dislocation/separation)
• अतिसर्पणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतिसर्पण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विप्रवर: O best of Brahmins
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र-वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

सिद्ध उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Siddha (speaker)
• dvijarṣabha (addressed Brahmin)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That intense suffering accompanies both birth and death; recognizing this, one should cultivate detachment from the body and live according to dharma rather than clinging to transient embodiment.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Siddha addresses a Brahmin, pointing to the observable fact of beings leaving their bodies and comparing the pain of dying with the pain involved in entering the womb and the disturbance of vital points, to underscore the harshness of embodied existence.