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Shloka 32

Jvarotpatti — The Origin and Distribution of Jvara

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तस्य प्रभावयुक्तस्य निमित्तं देहभेदने | यथैवोत्पद्यते किंचित्‌ पञ्चत्वं गच्छते तथा

tasya prabhāvayuktasya nimittaṃ dehabhedane | yathaivotpadyate kiñcit pañcatvaṃ gacchate tathā ||

అటువంటి ఆధ్యాత్మిక ప్రభావం కలవాడికి దేహభంగం అనే సందర్భమూ ఇతర సంఘటనలతో సమానమే; ఏది పుట్టిందో అది కాలక్రమేణ పంచభూతస్థితికి చేరుతుంది. కాబట్టి దేహాన్నే ఆత్మగా పట్టుకొని మోహపడకూడదు—విలయం ప్రకృతి నియమం, జ్ఞానికి అది విపత్తు కాదు.

तस्यof him/its
तस्य:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
प्रभावयुक्तस्यendowed with power/effect
प्रभावयुक्तस्य:
Visheshana
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रभावयुक्त
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
निमित्तम्cause, occasion
निमित्तम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनिमित्त
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
देहभेदनेin the breaking/separation of the body (death)
देहभेदने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootदेहभेदन
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
यथाjust as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
एवindeed, exactly
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
उत्पद्यतेarises, is produced
उत्पद्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootउत् + पद्
FormPresent, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada
किंचित्something, a certain (thing)
किंचित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिंचित्
पञ्चत्वम्the state of the five elements; death
पञ्चत्वम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपञ्चत्व
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
गच्छतेgoes, attains
गच्छते:
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
FormPresent, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
तथाso, in the same way
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा

असित उवाच

असित (Asita)

Educational Q&A

Death is presented as a natural dissolution of the body into the five elements; for the spiritually mature, it is merely an occasion (nimitta), not a crisis. The ethical implication is non-attachment: one should live with clarity about impermanence and not mistake the body for the enduring self.

Asita is speaking in a didactic context within the Śānti Parva, explaining the nature of bodily death. He frames the breaking of the body as analogous to any arising thing that inevitably returns to elemental constituents, reinforcing a teaching aimed at calming grief and strengthening discernment.