Shloka 50
Sāṅkhya Enumeration of Tattvas, Distinction of Puruṣa–Prakṛti, and the Mechanics of Birth and Death
तरोर्बीजविपाकाभ्यां यो विद्वाञ्जन्मसंयमौ । तरोर्विलक्षणो द्रष्टा एवं द्रष्टा तनो: पृथक् ॥ ५० ॥
taror bīja-vipākābhyāṁ yo vidvāñ janma-saṁyamau taror vilakṣaṇo draṣṭā evaṁ draṣṭā tanoḥ pṛthak
မျိုးစေ့မှ သစ်ပင်ပေါက်ဖွားခြင်းနှင့် ကြီးပြည့်ပြီးနောက် သစ်ပင်ပျက်ဆုံးခြင်းကို မြင်သော ပညာရှိသည် သစ်ပင်နှင့် ကွဲပြားသော သက်သေဖြစ်နေသည်။ ထိုနည်းတူ ကိုယ်ခန္ဓာ၏ မွေးဖွားမှုနှင့် သေဆုံးမှုကို သက်သေခံသောသူသည် ကိုယ်ခန္ဓာမှ သီးခြားတည်ရှိသည်။
As a reference to trees, vipāka indicates the final transformation called death. In reference to other types of plants such as rice, vipāka indicates the stage of maturity, in which death also occurs. Thus by common observation one can understand the actual position of one’s material body and one’s own position as the transcendental observer.
FAQs
This verse says the true seer (ātman) is distinct from the body, just as a witness is distinct from a tree whose birth and end occur through material causes like seed and ripening.
In the Uddhava Gita, Krishna instructs Uddhava in liberation-focused wisdom, emphasizing discrimination between the self (seer) and material nature (body) to cultivate detachment and freedom from fear of birth and death.
Practice observing thoughts, emotions, and bodily changes as events in nature, while remembering “I am the seer, not the changing body,” which supports steadiness, reduced anxiety, and spiritual focus.