Shloka 42
देवतापितृप्रश्नः — Nārada at Badarīāśrama: the ultimate referent of daiva and pitṛ worship
पुरा शरीरमन्तको भिनत्ति रोगसारथि: । प्रसह्म जीवितक्षये तपो महत् समाचर,रोग जिसका सारथि है, वह काल हठात् तुम्हारे शरीरको विदीर्ण कर डालेगा, इसलिये इस जीवनका नाश होनेसे पूर्व ही तुम महान् तपका अनुष्ठान कर लो
purā śarīram antako bhinatti roga-sārathiḥ | prasahya jīvita-kṣaye tapo mahat samācara ||
Wika ni Vyāsa: “Hindi magtatagal, ang Kamatayan—na nagmamaneho ng karwaheng ang sakit ang tagapaghila—ay marahas na dudurog sa iyong katawan. Kaya bago maputol ang buhay na ito, isagawa mo ang dakilang tapas (mahigpit na pagdidisiplina), upang ang nalalabing panahon ay maialay sa panloob na pagpipigil at sa pinakamataas na kabutihan.”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Life is fragile and the body is inevitably overcome by disease and death; therefore one should not delay spiritual discipline. The verse urges timely tapas—serious self-restraint and inner practice—so that the limited span of life is used for dharmic and liberating effort.
Vyāsa admonishes the listener with a vivid image: Death approaches with disease as its charioteer and will soon break the body. On that basis, he counsels immediate undertaking of great austerity, shifting attention from postponement to urgent spiritual practice.