Shloka 31
कर्मनाशाभावः, गर्भे जीवप्रवेशः, आचारधर्मोपदेशः
Karma’s Non-Extinction, Jīva’s Entry into the Embryo, and Instruction on Conduct-Dharma
सुखदु:खे यथा सम्यगनित्ये य: प्रपश्यति । कायं चामेध्यसंघातं विनाशं कर्मसंहितम्
sukhaduḥkhe yathā samyag anitye yaḥ prapaśyati | kāyaṃ cāmedhyasaṅghātaṃ vināśaṃ karmasaṃhitam ||
जो मनुष्य सुख-दुःख दोन्ही यथार्थपणे अनित्य आहेत असे पाहतो, देहाला अपवित्र घटकांचा ढीग मानतो आणि मृत्यूला कर्मफलरूप विनाश समजतो—तो संसारातील आसक्ती सैल करतो आणि घोर, दुस्तर संसार-सागर पार करण्यास समर्थ होतो.
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Right discernment (samyag-darśana) is emphasized: seeing pleasure and pain as impermanent, recognizing the body’s impure and composite nature, and understanding death as conditioned by karma. This insight weakens attachment and supports liberation from saṃsāra.
A brāhmaṇa is instructing the listener in a reflective, renunciatory teaching within the Ashvamedhika Parva, presenting a contemplative view of embodied life—its transience, impurity, and karmic causality—as a means to transcend worldly bondage.