Shloka 20
Dehānta (Cyavana) and Upapatti: Kāśyapa’s Questions and the Siddha’s Account of Death, Pain, and Karmic Re-embodiment
तादृशीमेव लभते वेदनां मानव: पुनः । भिन्नसंधिरथ क्लेदमद्धि: स लभते नर:
tādṛśīm eva labhate vedanāṁ mānavaḥ punaḥ | bhinnasandhir atha kledam addhiḥ sa labhate naraḥ, vipravara |
成就者说道：“人亦复受同类之痛。身之关节被撕裂之时，便遭此剧苦；而出生之际，浸润于胎中湿液，亦极度惶乱。是故，噢，最胜婆罗门：一切众生皆可见其舍身；入胎与出胎之坠落，皆伴随与死时相似的苦楚。”
सिद्ध उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the continuity of suffering across death and rebirth: the agony of dying (as bodily joints loosen and break) is mirrored by the distress of entering and emerging from the womb. The ethical-philosophical thrust is toward vairagya (detachment) and sober reflection on saṁsāra, encouraging the listener to seek liberation rather than cling to bodily existence.
A Siddha addresses a Brahmin, describing what beings undergo at death and at birth. He explains that the embodied self experiences intense pain when leaving the body and similarly suffers during gestation and delivery, being drenched in womb-fluid and distressed—presented as an observation meant to instruct and awaken discernment.