Shloka 48
Adhyaya 10 — Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey
ऊष्मा प्रकुपितः काये तीव्रवायुसमीृतः ।
भिनत्ति मर्मस्थानानि दीप्यमानो निरिन्धनः ॥
ūṣmā prakupitaḥ kāye tīvravāyusamīritaḥ | bhinatti marmasthānāni dīpyamāno nirindhanaḥ ||
देहोष्मा क्रुद्धः प्रचण्डैर्वायुभिः प्रेरितः प्राणमर्माणि विध्यति। स निरिन्धनोऽग्निरिव ज्वलति।
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FAQs
The text stresses embodied fragility: at death, forces within the body (heat and vāyu) overwhelm stability, urging the listener toward timely spiritual practice before dissolution begins.
Upadeśa with yogic/āyurvedic coloring; not a genealogical or manvantara passage.
‘Fuel-less fire’ symbolizes prāṇic combustion: karmic momentum ignites inner processes without external cause, preparing the jīva’s disengagement from gross supports.