Shloka 33

कर्मनाशाभावः, गर्भे जीवप्रवेशः, आचारधर्मोपदेशः

Karma’s Non-Extinction, Jīva’s Entry into the Embryo, and Instruction on Conduct-Dharma

Devanagari script

जातीमरणरोगैश्व समाविष्ट: प्रधानवित्‌ | चेतनावत्सु चैतन्यं सम॑ भूतेषु पश्यति

Transliteration

jāti-maraṇa-rogaiś ca samāviṣṭaḥ pradhāna-vit | cetanāvatsu caitanyaṃ samaṃ bhūteṣu paśyati ||

Translation

జీవులు జన్మ, మరణం, రోగాలతో ఆవరించబడి ఉన్నా, ప్రధానాన్ని తెలిసినవాడు సమస్త చైతన్యవంతులలో సమానమైన చైతన్యాన్ని దర్శిస్తాడు; సమదృష్టితో అన్ని భూతాలలో అదే అంతఃచేతనను చూస్తాడు.

Word by Word

जाति-मरण-रोगैःby/with birth, death, and diseases

चand

समाविष्टःentered/afflicted/possessed

प्रधान-वित्knower of Pradhāna (the primordial principle)

चेतनावत्सुin those that are conscious/possessed of sentience

चैतन्यम्consciousness

समम्equal(ly), the same

भूतेषुin beings/creatures

पश्यतिsees

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

ब

ब्राह्मण (speaker)

प

प्रधान (Pradhāna)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A wise person who understands Pradhāna sees the same consciousness in all sentient beings. This ‘equal vision’ grounds ethical conduct—reducing cruelty and partiality—because one recognizes a shared inner awareness despite the universal conditions of birth, death, and disease.

What is happening in the narrative?

In a didactic passage of the Aśvamedhika Parva, a Brāhmaṇa speaker presents a philosophical observation: although embodied life is marked by suffering and change, the discerning knower perceives an underlying sameness of consciousness across beings, framing a moral-spiritual perspective within the discourse.