Shloka 16

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

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आश्वमेधिकपर्वके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें सोलहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ,अत्यर्थ बलवानूष्मा शरीरे परिकोपित: । भिनत्ति जीवस्थानानि मर्माणि विद्धि तत्त्वतः इस शरीरमें कुपित होकर अत्यन्त प्रबल हुआ पित्त जीवके मर्मस्थानोंको विदीर्ण कर देता है। इस बातको ठीक समझो

Transliteration

atyartha-balavān ūṣmā śarīre parikopitaḥ | bhinatti jīva-sthānāni marmāṇi viddhi tattvataḥ ||

Translation

جب جسم میں حرارت (پِتّہ) نہایت زور آور ہو کر بھڑک اٹھتی ہے تو وہ زندگی کے مراکز—مَرم—کو پھاڑ دیتی ہے۔ اس حقیقت کو ٹھیک ٹھیک سمجھ لو۔

Word by Word

अत्यर्थम्excessively, very much

बलवान्strong, powerful

उष्माheat

शरीरेin the body

परिकोपितःenraged, aggravated

भिनत्तिsplits, pierces, breaks

जीवस्थानानिvital seats/abodes of life

मर्माणिvital points, vulnerable spots

विद्धिknow, understand

तत्त्वतःin truth, correctly, as it really is

Speaker

सिद्ध उवाच

Characters & Entities

Siddha (speaker)

ūṣmā (bodily heat)

pitta (implied by context)

śarīra (body)

marman (vital points)

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?

The verse warns that when inner bodily heat (linked with aggravated pitta) becomes excessive, it damages vital points and can destroy life; therefore, maintaining balance through restraint and proper conduct is a practical aspect of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Within the Anugita instruction, a Siddha continues a didactic explanation about the body and life-forces, emphasizing how disturbed internal conditions can harm the vital seats of life and the marmas.