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Shloka 18

Yoga, Nārāyaṇa as Supreme Principle, and the Emanation of Categories

Sāṅkhya-Yoga Outline

जन्म वृद्धि: क्षयश्चास्य प्रत्यक्षेणोपलभ्यते । सा तु चान्द्रमसी वृत्ति्न तु तस्य शरीरिण:

janma vṛddhiḥ kṣayaś cāsya pratyakṣeṇopalabhyate | sā tu cāndramasī vṛttir na tu tasya śarīriṇaḥ ||

ജനനം, വളർച്ച, ക്ഷയം എന്നിവ പ്രത്യക്ഷമായി അനുഭവപ്പെടുന്നു; എന്നാൽ ചന്ദ്രമണ്ഡലത്തിൽ കാണുന്ന വർധന-ക്ഷയം ചന്ദ്രനുടേതായ മാറ്റമല്ല. അതുപോലെ ജനനാദികൾ ശരീരത്തിന്റേതാണ്; ദേഹധാരിയായ ആത്മാവിന്റേതല്ല.

जन्मbirth
जन्म:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजन्मन्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
वृद्धिःgrowth
वृद्धिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवृद्धि
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
क्षयःdecay, diminution
क्षयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootक्षय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अस्यof this (one)
अस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
प्रत्यक्षेणby direct perception
प्रत्यक्षेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootप्रत्यक्ष
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
उपलभ्यतेis perceived, is obtained
उपलभ्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootउप-लभ्
FormPresent, Indicative, Atmanepada (passive sense), 3rd, Singular
साthat (activity/occurrence)
सा:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
तुbut, however
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
चान्द्रमसीlunar, pertaining to the moon
चान्द्रमसी:
TypeAdjective
Rootचान्द्रमस
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
वृत्तिःactivity, course/phase, appearance
वृत्तिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्ति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
तुindeed, however
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
तस्यof that (one), his/its
तस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
शरीरिणःof the embodied one
शरीरिणः:
TypeNoun
Rootशरीरिन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
C
candra (the moon)

Educational Q&A

Perceived change—birth, growth, and decay—belongs to the body and to appearances, not to the embodied Self (ātman). The verse uses the moon’s waxing and waning as an analogy: the visible phases are an appearance, not an intrinsic alteration of the moon itself.

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and higher knowledge. Here he advances a contemplative point: do not mistake observable bodily change for change in the Self; ethical steadiness and detachment arise from discerning the difference.