Shloka 236
Dehānta (Cyavana) and Upapatti: Kāśyapa’s Questions and the Siddha’s Account of Death, Pain, and Karmic Re-embodiment
ब्रह्मणा सम्परित्यक्तो मृत इत्युच्यते नरै: । इस प्रकार जब जीव शरीरका त्याग करता है, तब प्राणियोंका शरीर उच्छवासहीन दिखायी देता है। उसमें गर्मी, उच्छवास, शोभा और चेतना कुछ भी नहीं रह जाती। इस तरह जीवात्मासे परित्यक्त उस शरीरको लोग मृत (मरा हुआ) कहते हैं
brahmaṇā samparityakto mṛta ity ucyate naraiḥ |
Disse Siddha: “Quando o ser encarnado é completamente abandonado por Brahman (o princípio vital), as pessoas o chamam de ‘morto’. Pois, quando o jīva deixa o corpo, ele parece sem alento; já não permanecem nele o calor, a respiração, o fulgor e a consciência. Assim, um corpo desamparado pelo si-mesmo é chamado de ‘morto’ pelo entendimento comum.”
सिद्ध उवाच
Educational Q&A
Death is defined not merely as physical stillness but as the departure of the indwelling self/life-principle: when consciousness, warmth, breath, and radiance cease because the jīva is gone, the body is called ‘dead.’
A Siddha instructs by explaining how people recognize death: the body, once the jīva departs, becomes breathless and devoid of heat and awareness, and is therefore designated as a corpse.