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Shloka 7

Dehānta (Cyavana) and Upapatti: Kāśyapa’s Questions and the Siddha’s Account of Death, Pain, and Karmic Re-embodiment

आयु:क्षयपरीतात्मा विपरीतानि सेवते । बुद्धिव्यावर्तते चास्य विनाशे प्रत्युपस्थिते

āyuḥkṣayaparītātmā viparītāni sevate | buddhivyāvartate cāsya vināśe pratyupasthite ||

Сиддха сказал: «Когда внутреннее “я” человека окутывается убыванием жизненного срока, он начинает стремиться к тому, что противно его истинному благу. И когда гибель приближается, его понимание отворачивается — суждение становится перевёрнутым, — так что он цепляется за вредные пути именно тогда, когда ему более всего нужна ясность.»

आयुःlifespan
आयुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआयुस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
क्षयdecay, diminution
क्षय:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootक्षय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
परीतात्माone whose self is enveloped/overcome
परीतात्मा:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपरीत-आत्मन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
विपरीतानिcontrary (things/deeds)
विपरीतानि:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootविपरीत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
सेवतेresorts to, practices
सेवते:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootसेव्
FormPresent, Indicative, Atmanepada, Third, Singular
बुद्धिःintellect
बुद्धिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबुद्धि
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
व्यावर्ततेturns away, becomes perverted
व्यावर्तते:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootवि-आ-वृत्
FormPresent, Indicative, Atmanepada, Third, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अस्यof him
अस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
विनाशेat destruction, at ruin
विनाशे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootविनाश
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
प्रत्युपस्थितेwhen (it is) imminent/arrived
प्रत्युपस्थिते:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रति-उप-स्था
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular

सिद्ध उवाच

S
Siddha

Educational Q&A

As life wanes, a person may lose discernment and begin choosing ‘viparīta’ (contrary, harmful) actions; imminent ruin is marked by a reversal of buddhi. The verse warns to cultivate steady judgment and dharmic habits before decline makes clarity difficult.

A Siddha delivers a reflective instruction about human behavior: nearing the end of one’s allotted life, the mind can become clouded, leading to perverse choices and inverted reasoning—an ethical diagnosis offered as counsel within the Ashvamedhika Parva discourse setting.