Shloka 5
अश्मोवाच उत्पन्नमिममात्मानं नरस्यानन्तरं ततः । तानि तान्यनुवर्तन्ते दु:खानि च सुखानि च,अश्माने कहा--राजन्! मनुष्यका यह शरीर जब जन्म ग्रहण करता है, तब उसके साथ ही सुख और दुःख भी उसके पीछे लग जाते हैं
aśmovāca utpannam imam ātmānaṁ narasyānantaraṁ tataḥ | tāni tāny anuvartante duḥkhāni ca sukhāni ca ||
Aśma berkata: “Wahai Raja, apabila diri yang berjasad bagi manusia lahir ke dunia, maka sejurus selepas itu kegembiraan dan kedukaan pun mengikuti rapat—silih berganti—melekat padanya sebagai teman hidup yang berjasad.”
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Embodied existence inevitably brings alternating experiences of pleasure and pain; recognizing their inevitability supports steadiness, restraint, and detachment rather than being driven by either.
In a didactic exchange addressed to a king, the speaker Aśma states a general truth about human life: from the moment of birth, happiness and suffering accompany a person, arriving in succession.