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Shloka 25

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

तैरेव न विजानाति प्राणानाहारसम्भवान्‌ | तत्रैव कुरुते काये यः स जीव: सनातन:

taireva na vijānāti prāṇān āhāra-sambhavān | tatraiva kurute kāye yaḥ sa jīvaḥ sanātanaḥ ||

Chính bằng những căn ấy—nhờ đó nó nếm trải sắc, vị và các cảnh khác—nó lại không nhận ra các khí sinh mệnh (prāṇa) được duy trì bởi thức ăn. Nhưng kẻ hành động khi trú trong thân này chính là tự ngã vĩnh cửu (jīva), kẻ mang thân bền lâu.

तैःby those (i.e., by them)
तैः:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine/neuter, instrumental, plural
एवindeed/only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
विजानातिknows/recognizes
विजानाति:
TypeVerb
Rootवि + ज्ञा
Formpresent, third, singular, parasmaipada
प्राणान्vital breaths/life-forces
प्राणान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootप्राण
Formmasculine, accusative, plural
आहार-सम्भवान्arisen from food
आहार-सम्भवान्:
TypeAdjective
Rootआहारसम्भव
Formmasculine, accusative, plural
तत्रthere/in that (place)
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
कुरुतेdoes/performs
कुरुते:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
Formpresent, third, singular, ātmanepada
कायेin the body
काये:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकाय
Formmasculine, locative, singular
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
सःhe/that
सः:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
जीवःthe living being/soul
जीवः:
TypeNoun
Rootजीव
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
सनातनःeternal
सनातनः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसनातन
Formmasculine, nominative, singular

सिद्ध उवाच

J
jīva (the individual self)
K
kāya/deha (the body)
P
prāṇa (vital breaths)
I
indriya (sense-faculties, implied)
Ā
āhāra (food/nourishment)

Educational Q&A

Sense-organs engage with external objects, but they do not reveal the inner principle that animates the body. The verse distinguishes the nourishment-dependent prāṇas from the deeper, enduring agent within—the eternal jīva—encouraging inward discernment rather than mere sensory living.

A Siddha (perfected being) is instructing about the nature of embodied existence: how the self, while operating through senses, remains distinct from the bodily processes (like prāṇa supported by food) and should be recognized as the true inner doer within the body.