Shloka 37
Adhyaya 53 — Rudrasarga and the Measure of the Manvantaras: Svayambhuva Manu, Priyavrata’s Line, and the Seven Dvipas
विपर्ययो न तेष्वस्ति जरा मृत्युभयं न च ।
धर्माधर्मौ न तेष्वास्तां नोत्तमाधममध्यमाः ॥
viparyayo na teṣv asti jarā-mṛtyu-bhayaṃ na ca /
dharmādharmau na teṣv āstāṃ nottamādhamamadhyamāḥ
அவர்களிடத்தில் வீழ்ச்சி (மாற்றுப் போக்கு) இல்லை; முதுமையும் இல்லை, மரணப் பயமும் இல்லை. அவர்களுக்கு தர்மமும் இல்லை, அதர்மமும் இல்லை; உயர்ந்தது-தாழ்ந்தது-நடுத்தரம் என்ற வேறுபாடும் இல்லை.
FAQs
The verse distinguishes between karma-governed realms (where dharma/adharma operate) and perfected/pleasure realms where such dualities are not salient; it does not cancel ethics for humans but situates ethics within mortality and consequence.
‘Sthāna’—describing the conditions of beings in different cosmic regions.
Absence of ‘dharma/adharma’ and social ranking can symbolize a non-dual state beyond comparative identity; old age and death represent time-bound egoic limitation, here portrayed as transcended.