Shloka 62
Adhyaya 10 — Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey
ऊर्ध्वश्वासान्वितः सो ’थ दृष्टिभङ्गसमन्वितः ।
ततः स वेदनाविष्टस्तच्छरीरं विमुञ्चति ॥
ūrdhvaśvāsānvitaḥ so 'tha dṛṣṭibhaṅgasamanvitaḥ /
tataḥ sa vedanāviṣṭas taccharīraṃ vimuñcati
അപ്പോൾ അവൻ മേലോട്ടു ശ്വസിക്കുന്നു; അവന്റെ ദൃഷ്ടി മുറിഞ്ഞ് മങ്ങിപ്പോകുന്നു; വേദന പിടിച്ചടക്കുമ്പോൾ അവൻ ആ ശരീരം ഉപേക്ഷിക്കുന്നു।
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FAQs
Death is portrayed as a decisive separation of self from the body, reminding the listener that bodily identity is transient and that one’s karmic trajectory continues beyond physical life.
Not a sarga/pratisarga genealogy passage; it functions as dharma-kathana about karmic passage after death (ancillary puranic instruction).
The ‘upward breath’ suggests prāṇa’s ascent and the unraveling of the subtle ties binding consciousness to the gross form, a liminal moment before post-mortem experiences unfold.