Shloka 54
Adhyaya 10 — Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey
यो न कामान्न संरम्भान्न द्वेषाद्धर्ममुत्सृजेत् ।
यथोक्तकारी सौम्यश्च स सुखं मृत्युमृच्छति ॥
yo na kāmān na saṃrambhān na dveṣād dharmam utsṛjet / yathoktakārī somyaś ca sa sukhaṃ mṛtyum ṛcchati
കാമം, അതിവേഗ കോപം, അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ദ്വേഷം മൂലം ധർമ്മം ഉപേക്ഷിക്കാത്തവൻ, വിധിപ്രകാരം പ്രവർത്തിച്ച് മൃദുസ്വഭാവനായവൻ—ശാന്തിയായി മരണത്തെ പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു।
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FAQs
Dharma is portrayed as most vulnerable under emotional pressure (desire/anger/hatred). The virtue is steadiness: remaining aligned to right guidance and maintaining gentleness, which prevents karmic turbulence at the end of life.
Ancillary dharma instruction.
Kāma, krodha-like agitation (saṃrambha), and dveṣa are seen as forces that scatter prāṇa and mind; ‘somya’ indicates a sattvic consolidation that supports a stable departure.