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Shloka 8

Dehānta (Cyavana) and Upapatti: Kāśyapa’s Questions and the Siddha’s Account of Death, Pain, and Karmic Re-embodiment

सत्त्वं बलं च कालं॑ च विदित्वा चात्मनस्तथा । अतिवेलमुपाश्राति स्वविरुद्धान्यनात्मवान्‌,वह अपने सत्त्व (धैर्य) बल और अनुकूल समयको जानकर भी मनपर अधिकार न होनेके कारण असमयमें तथा अपनी प्रकृतिके विरुद्ध भोजन करता है

sattvaṁ balaṁ ca kālaṁ ca viditvā cātmanas tathā | ativelam upāśrāti svaviruddhāny anātmavān ||

แม้รู้ชัดถึงความมั่นคงแห่งจิต กำลังของตน และกาลอันควรแล้ว แต่ผู้ไร้การสำรวมตนย่อมยังบริโภคในยามไม่สมควร และกินสิ่งที่ขัดต่อธาตุสันดานของตน

सत्त्वम्steadfastness/temperament (sattva)
सत्त्वम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसत्त्व
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
बलम्strength
बलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootबल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
कालम्time (proper occasion)
कालम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकाल
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
विदित्वाhaving known
विदित्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootविद्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
आत्मनःof oneself
आत्मनः:
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
तथाlikewise/also
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
अतिवेलम्at an improper time/too late or too early
अतिवेलम्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअतिवेलम्
उपाश्रातिresorts to/partakes (approaches)
उपाश्राति:
TypeVerb
Rootउप-आ-श्रि
FormPresent, Indicative, Parasmaipada, 3, Singular
स्वविरुद्धानिthings contrary to one’s own nature
स्वविरुद्धानि:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootस्व-विरुद्ध
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
अनात्मवान्one without self-control
अनात्मवान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअनात्मवत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

सिद्ध उवाच

S
Siddha (speaker)

Educational Q&A

True discipline requires self-mastery: even if one knows what is wholesome, timely, and suited to one’s strength and temperament, lack of control leads to untimely and unsuitable indulgence.

A Siddha delivers a didactic observation on conduct, using eating as a concrete example to show how uncontrolled mind and senses can override correct knowledge and lead to harmful, adharma-adjacent habits.