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Shloka 22

अव्यक्त-मानस-सृष्टिवादः

Doctrine of Creation from the Unmanifest ‘Mānasa’

जीवितं च शरीरेण जात्यैव सह जायते । उभे सह विवर्तेते उभे सह विनश्यत:,यह जीवन स्वभावत: शरीरके साथ ही उत्पन्न होता है। दोनों साथ-साथ विविध रूपोंमें रहते हैं और साथ ही साथ नष्ट हो जाते हैं

jīvitaṃ ca śarīreṇa jātyaiva saha jāyate | ubhe saha vivartete ubhe saha vinaśyataḥ ||

ชีวิตย่อมบังเกิดพร้อมกับกายในคราวเกิด ทั้งสองแปรเปลี่ยนเคียงคู่ รับสภาพนานาประการ และทั้งสองย่อมพินาศไปพร้อมกัน

जीवितम्life
जीवितम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजीवित (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
शरीरेणwith/along with the body
शरीरेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootशरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
जात्याby birth; from birth
जात्या:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootजाति (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
एवindeed; just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
सहtogether; along with
सह:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह
जायतेis born; arises
जायते:
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु)
FormPresent, Atmanepada, Third, Singular
उभेboth (of them)
उभे:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootउभ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Dual
सहtogether
सह:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह
विवर्तेतेturn about; undergo change; exist in various states
विवर्तेते:
TypeVerb
Rootविवृत्/वृत् (धातु) (वि + वृत्)
FormPresent, Atmanepada, Third, Dual
उभेboth
उभे:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootउभ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Dual
सहtogether
सह:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह
विनश्यतःperish; are destroyed
विनश्यतः:
TypeVerb
Rootनश् (धातु) (वि + नश्)
FormPresent, Parasmaipada, Third, Dual

ब्राह्मण उवाच

ब्राह्मण (speaker)
जीवित (life)
शरीर (body)

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches that embodied life and the body arise together at birth, change together through various states, and end together; therefore one should recognize the impermanence of embodied existence and cultivate ethical detachment from what is inevitably transient.

In a didactic exchange within the Śānti Parva, a Brāhmaṇa speaker presents a philosophical point about the nature of life and the body, using their joint birth, transformation, and destruction to frame a reflective, moral perspective on human existence.