Dehānta (Cyavana) and Upapatti: Kāśyapa’s Questions and the Siddha’s Account of Death, Pain, and Karmic Re-embodiment
पश्यन्त्येवंविधं सिद्धा जीवं दिव्येन चक्षुषा । च्यवन्तं जायमानं च योनिं चानुप्रवेशितम्
paśyanty evaṃvidhaṃ siddhā jīvaṃ divyena cakṣuṣā | cyavantaṃ jāyamānaṃ ca yoniṃ cānupraveśitam ||
具足天眼的悉达(Siddha)正是如此观见众生之我:见其从一身舍落,见其于他身受生,亦见其入于胎藏。譬如凡夫以肉眼于幽暗中见萤火闪烁——此处乍现,彼处旋灭——如是,具慧眼之成就者恒常观照 jīva 于死、生与入胎之间流转不息。
सिद्ध उवाच
The verse teaches that the jīva undergoes death, birth, and entry into the womb, and that perfected seers (Siddhas) can directly perceive this cycle through divine/gnostic vision. Ethically, it supports detachment from mere bodily identity and encourages responsibility for karma across lives.
A Siddha is explaining how realized beings perceive the subtle movement of the living self: they witness its departure from one embodiment, its new birth, and its descent into the womb—events ordinarily hidden from common perception.