Shloka 62
Adhyaya 10 — Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey
ऊर्ध्वश्वासान्वितः सो ’थ दृष्टिभङ्गसमन्वितः ।
ततः स वेदनाविष्टस्तच्छरीरं विमुञ्चति ॥
ūrdhvaśvāsānvitaḥ so 'tha dṛṣṭibhaṅgasamanvitaḥ /
tataḥ sa vedanāviṣṭas taccharīraṃ vimuñcati
پھر وہ اوپر کی طرف سانس لیتا ہے، اس کی نگاہ ٹوٹ کر ناکام ہو جاتی ہے؛ درد میں جکڑا ہوا وہ اس جسم کو چھوڑ دیتا ہے۔
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FAQs
Death is portrayed as a decisive separation of self from the body, reminding the listener that bodily identity is transient and that one’s karmic trajectory continues beyond physical life.
Not a sarga/pratisarga genealogy passage; it functions as dharma-kathana about karmic passage after death (ancillary puranic instruction).
The ‘upward breath’ suggests prāṇa’s ascent and the unraveling of the subtle ties binding consciousness to the gross form, a liminal moment before post-mortem experiences unfold.