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Shloka 8

Dehānta (Cyavana) and Upapatti: Kāśyapa’s Questions and the Siddha’s Account of Death, Pain, and Karmic Re-embodiment

सत्त्वं बलं च कालं॑ च विदित्वा चात्मनस्तथा । अतिवेलमुपाश्राति स्वविरुद्धान्यनात्मवान्‌,वह अपने सत्त्व (धैर्य) बल और अनुकूल समयको जानकर भी मनपर अधिकार न होनेके कारण असमयमें तथा अपनी प्रकृतिके विरुद्ध भोजन करता है

sattvaṁ balaṁ ca kālaṁ ca viditvā cātmanas tathā | ativelam upāśrāti svaviruddhāny anātmavān ||

Walaupun telah mengetahui keteguhan batin, kekuatan diri, dan waktu yang sesuai, orang yang tidak menguasai diri tetap makan pada waktu yang tidak patut serta mengambil makanan yang bertentangan dengan tabiat tubuhnya sendiri.

सत्त्वम्steadfastness/temperament (sattva)
सत्त्वम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसत्त्व
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
बलम्strength
बलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootबल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
कालम्time (proper occasion)
कालम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकाल
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
विदित्वाhaving known
विदित्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootविद्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
आत्मनःof oneself
आत्मनः:
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
तथाlikewise/also
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
अतिवेलम्at an improper time/too late or too early
अतिवेलम्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअतिवेलम्
उपाश्रातिresorts to/partakes (approaches)
उपाश्राति:
TypeVerb
Rootउप-आ-श्रि
FormPresent, Indicative, Parasmaipada, 3, Singular
स्वविरुद्धानिthings contrary to one’s own nature
स्वविरुद्धानि:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootस्व-विरुद्ध
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
अनात्मवान्one without self-control
अनात्मवान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअनात्मवत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

सिद्ध उवाच

S
Siddha (speaker)

Educational Q&A

True discipline requires self-mastery: even if one knows what is wholesome, timely, and suited to one’s strength and temperament, lack of control leads to untimely and unsuitable indulgence.

A Siddha delivers a didactic observation on conduct, using eating as a concrete example to show how uncontrolled mind and senses can override correct knowledge and lead to harmful, adharma-adjacent habits.