Shloka 40
The Song of the Avantī Brāhmaṇa (Avanti-brāhmaṇa-gītā): Mind as the Root of Suffering and Equanimity Amid Insult
एवं स भौतिकं दु:खं दैविकं दैहिकं च यत् । भोक्तव्यमात्मनो दिष्टं प्राप्तं प्राप्तमबुध्यत ॥ ४० ॥
evaṁ sa bhautikaṁ duḥkhaṁ daivikaṁ daihikaṁ ca yat bhoktavyam ātmano diṣṭaṁ prāptaṁ prāptam abudhyata
ထို့ကြောင့် ထိုဘြာဟ္မဏသည် အခြားသတ္တဝါများကြောင့်၊ သဘာဝ၏အထက်တန်းအင်အားများကြောင့်၊ မိမိကိုယ်ခန္ဓာကြောင့် ဖြစ်လာသော ဒုက္ခအားလုံးသည် ကံကြမ္မာက မိမိအတွက် ချမှတ်ထားသဖြင့် မလွဲမရှောင်ရကြောင်း သိမြင်하였다; ထို့ကြောင့် ရောက်လာသမျှကို ခံယူရသည်။
Many cruel persons harassed the brāhmaṇa, and his own body caused him suffering in the form of fever, hunger, thirst, fatigue, etc. The higher forces of nature are those that cause excessive heat, cold, wind and rain. The brāhmaṇa realized that his suffering was due to his false identification with his material body, and not to the interaction of his body with external phenomena. Rather than try to adjust his external situation, he tried to adjust his Kṛṣṇa consciousness and thus realize his actual identity as eternal spirit soul.
FAQs
This verse states that suffering arises in three ways—through other beings (bhautika), through higher/natural forces (daivika), and through one’s own body (daihika)—and the wise learn to endure whatever comes as destiny-allotted.
In the Avadhūta’s teachings to King Yadu, Śukadeva highlights how realized souls remain steady amid distress, seeing it as an inevitable result of past karma and not a reason to abandon spiritual life.
When difficulties come from people, circumstances, or health, accept them without resentment, reduce reactive blame, and keep your focus on sādhana and devotion—responding wisely rather than emotionally.