Shloka 32
Dehānta (Cyavana) and Upapatti: Kāśyapa’s Questions and the Siddha’s Account of Death, Pain, and Karmic Re-embodiment
यथान्धकारे खद्योतं लीयमानं ततस्ततः । चक्षुष्मन्त: प्रपश्यन्ति तथा च ज्ञानचक्षुष:
yathāndhakāre khadyotaṃ līyamānaṃ tatastataḥ | cakṣuṣmantaḥ prapaśyanti tathā ca jñānacakṣuṣaḥ ||
Seperti orang yang bermata dapat melihat kunang-kunang dalam kegelapan, muncul dan lenyap di sana sini, demikian juga para siddha yang memiliki mata pengetahuan, dengan penglihatan ilahi, sentiasa melihat jīva: lahir, mati, dan masuk ke dalam rahim sekali lagi.
सिद्ध उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that enlightened perception (jñānacakṣus) can directly discern the ongoing cycle of transmigration—birth, death, and re-entry into the womb—just as ordinary eyes can spot a firefly flickering in darkness. It implies ethical accountability: actions have consequences that continue beyond a single lifetime.
A Siddha is instructing by analogy. Using the image of a firefly intermittently visible in the dark, he explains how perfected seers perceive the jīva’s movements through repeated embodiment, even when such realities remain obscure to common observers.