Shloka 2

न शरीराश्रितो जीवस्तस्मिन्‌ नष्टे प्रणश्यति । समिधामिव दग्धानां यथानिनिर्दश्यते तथा,शरीरके आश्रयसे रहनेवाला जीव उसके नष्ट होनेपर भी नष्ट नहीं होता है। जैसे समिधाओंके आश्रित हुई आग उनके जल जानेपर भी देखी जाती है, उसी प्रकार जीवकी सत्ताका भी प्रत्यक्ष अनुभव होता है

na śarīrāśrito jīvas tasmin naṣṭe praṇaśyati | samidhām iva dagdhānāṁ yathāgnir nirdiśyate tathā |

ജീവൻ യഥാർത്ഥത്തിൽ ശരീരാശ്രിതനല്ല; ശരീരം നശിച്ചാലും അവൻ നശിക്കുന്നില്ല. സമിധകൾ കത്തിപ്പോയ ശേഷവും അഗ്നിയെ തിരിച്ചറിയുന്നതുപോലെ, ജീവന്റെ സത്തയും അനുഭവഗമ്യമാണ്.

not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
शरीराश्रितःdependent on the body / residing in the body
शरीराश्रितः:
TypeAdjective
Rootशरीर-आश्रित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
जीवःthe living self (jiva)
जीवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजीव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तस्मिन्in that (body)
तस्मिन्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
नष्टेwhen (it is) destroyed
नष्टे:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootनष्ट
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
प्रणश्यतिperishes
प्रणश्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-नश्
FormPresent, Indicative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
समिधाम्of the fuel-sticks
समिधाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootसमिध्
FormFeminine, Genitive, Plural
इवlike
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
दग्धानाम्of (those) burnt
दग्धानाम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootदग्ध
FormFeminine, Genitive, Plural
यथाas / just as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
अनिर्दश्यतेis seen / is perceived
अनिर्दश्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootअनु-√दृश्
FormPresent, Indicative, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
तथाso / likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा

भरद्वाज उवाच

B
Bharadvāja
J
jīva (individual self)
Ś
śarīra (body)
A
agni (fire)
S
samidh (kindling/fuel sticks)

Educational Q&A

The jīva is not annihilated when the body is destroyed; bodily death is not the end of the self. The verse uses the analogy of fire and kindling to show that the self’s reality is understood as continuing beyond its bodily support.

In the Śānti Parva’s instructional setting, Bharadvāja is presenting a philosophical argument about the self’s independence from the body, employing a familiar analogy (fire supported by fuel) to clarify the doctrine of the self’s non-destruction.