Shloka 6
कालनिर्णयः, युगधर्मवर्णनम्, सृष्टिक्रमश्च
Time-Reckoning, Yuga-Dharma, and the Sequence of Creation
अन्तवन्त इमे देहा भूतानां च सुराधिप । तेन शक्र न शोचामि नापराधादिदं मम
antavanta ime dehā bhūtānāṁ ca surādhipa | tena śakra na śocāmi nāparādhād idaṁ mama, deveśvara ||
“Hỡi chúa tể chư thiên! Thân xác của mọi loài hữu tình đều hữu hạn. Vì thế, hỡi Śakra, ta không sầu não. Và thân lừa này cũng chẳng đến với ta do tội lỗi nào; chính ta tự nguyện mang lấy nó.”
श॒क्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
All embodied forms are impermanent; recognizing the perishability of the body, one should not fall into grief. The verse also distinguishes between suffering that arises from one’s wrongdoing and a condition assumed deliberately, underscoring ethical clarity and inner detachment.
Śakra (Indra) explains to the addressed divine lord that he does not lament his present embodiment—even as a donkey—because bodies inevitably end, and because this particular form was not imposed as punishment for a fault but was taken up by his own choice.