Shloka 13
Adhyaya 25 — Madālāsā’s Return, Royal Succession, and the First Teaching to Vikrānta
भूतानि भूतैः परिदुर्बलानि
वृद्धिं समायान्ति यथेह पुंसः ।
अन्नाम्बुपानादिभिरेव कस्य
न तेऽस्ति वृद्धिर्न च तेऽस्ति हानिः ॥
bhūtāni bhūtaiḥ paridurbalāni vṛddhiṃ samāyānti yatheha puṃsaḥ | annāmbupānādibhir eva kasya na te 'sti vṛddhir na ca te 'sti hāniḥ ||
ଭୂତମାନେ ଭୂତମାନଙ୍କର ପରସ୍ପର କ୍ରିୟାରେ କ୍ଷୀଣ ହୋଇ, ଅନ୍ନ, ଜଳ, ପାନୀୟ ଇତ୍ୟାଦି ଦ୍ୱାରା—ଏଠାରେ ମନୁଷ୍ୟରେ ଯେପରି—ବୃଦ୍ଧି ପାଆନ୍ତି। କିନ୍ତୁ ତୁମ ପାଇଁ ଏହା କାହାର? ତୁମର ନ ବୃଦ୍ଧି ଅଛି, ନ କ୍ଷୟ।
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FAQs
Physical growth and decline belong to the body’s constituents; taking oneself as the changeless self (rather than the changing body) is presented as the cure for fear and grief.
A tattva/mokṣa teaching passage embedded within dynastic narrative (vaṃśānucarita), rather than one of the five cosmological markers itself.
The verse points to nirvikāratva (unchangeability) of the true self: nourishment modifies only the pañcabhūta-structure, while awareness itself is not augmented or diminished.