Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda, Shloka 42
Marks of the Debt-Bound/Enemy Son, Filial Dharma, Detachment, and the Durvāsā–Dharma Episode
जातस्य मृतिरेवास्ति जन्म एव मृतस्य च । सुजन्म प्राप्यते पुण्यैर्मरणं तु तथैव च
jātasya mṛtirevāsti janma eva mṛtasya ca | sujanma prāpyate puṇyairmaraṇaṃ tu tathaiva ca
जातस्य मृतिरेवास्ति, मृतस्य जन्म च ध्रुवम्। पुण्यैः सुजन्म लभ्यते, मरणं तु तथैव च॥
Unspecified (contextual narrator/dialogue voice not provided in the input)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
Sandhi Resolution Notes: मृतिरेवास्ति → मृतिः एव अस्ति; पुण्यैर्मरणं → पुण्यैः मरणं; तथैव → तथा एव।
FAQs
It states the inevitability of death for the born and the inevitability of rebirth after death, presenting life as a recurring cycle governed by karma.
It says puṇya leads to sujanma (a good birth), implying that ethical and virtuous actions shape favorable circumstances in future lives.
Since both birth and death follow a moral order, one should cultivate virtuous conduct now to shape a better rebirth and a more fitting end.