Shloka 58
आत्यन्तिक-लयहेतुः: तापत्रय-विवेचनम् तथा ‘भगवान्/वासुदेव’ शब्दार्थः
Threefold Suffering and the Path to Final Liberation; Meaning of Bhagavān and Vāsudeva
तद् अस्य त्रिविधस्यापि दुःखजातस्य पण्डितैः गर्भजन्मजराद्येषु स्थानेषु प्रभविष्यतः
tad asya trividhasyāpi duḥkhajātasya paṇḍitaiḥ garbhajanmajarādyeṣu sthāneṣu prabhaviṣyataḥ
तस्माद् अस्य त्रिविधस्यापि दुःखजातस्य पण्डितैः गर्भजन्मजरादिषु स्थानेषु प्रभवो निगद्यते।
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
FAQs
This verse frames suffering as a structured, threefold condition that manifests throughout embodied life—especially in key transitions like gestation, birth, and aging—highlighting why liberation-oriented dharma is necessary.
Parāśara points to concrete “stations” of embodied existence—womb, birth, old age, and similar phases—as the recurring grounds where the aggregate of misery inevitably arises for the jīva in saṃsāra.
By emphasizing the inescapability of saṃsāric suffering, the teaching implicitly directs the seeker toward Vishnu as the supreme refuge and highest reality, beyond the cycle that produces these afflictions.