Shloka 39
Adhyaya 10 — Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey
ततः कालेन महता ऐकान्तिकमुपागतः ।
अज्ञानाकृष्टसद्भावो विपन्नश्च प्रमादतः ॥
tataḥ kālena mahatā aikāntikam upāgataḥ | ajñānākṛṣṭa-sadbhāvo vipannaś ca pramādataḥ ||
பின்னர் நீண்ட காலத்திற்குப் பின் நான் தனிமை நிலையைக் கண்டடைந்தேன்; ஆனால் அறியாமை என் உண்மை இயல்பை இழுத்து விலக்கி, அலட்சியத்தால் நான் வீழ்ச்சியடைந்தேன்।
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FAQs
Even advanced practice can degrade if vigilance is lost; pramāda is portrayed as a primary ethical-spiritual fault that allows ignorance to reclaim the mind.
Ethical instruction via personal narrative; it functions as dharma-upadeśa rather than cosmological or dynastic exposition.
The ‘pull of ignorance’ depicts how latent impressions (vāsanā) can reassert themselves; ‘solitude’ without alertness can become spiritual complacency rather than liberation.