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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.20.48

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
73
Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 20 · Verse 48

Verse 48

देशकालक्रियाद्रव्यमनोबुद्धीन्द्रियादि च । झटित्येव मृतेरन्ते वपुः पश्यति यौवने ॥ ४८ ॥

dēśakālakriyādravyamanōbuddhīndriyādi ca | jhaṭityēva mṛtērantē vapuḥ paśyati yauvanē || 48 ||

Translation

Place, time, action, substance, mind, intellect, the senses and the rest, and a body in youth, it sees at once, at the end of death.

Word by word

dēśa
place
kāla
time
kriyā
action
dravya
substance
manō
(manaḥ) mind
buddhi
intellect
indriya
the senses
ādi
and the rest
ca
and
jhaṭiti
at once
ēva
just
mṛtēr
(mṛteḥ) of death
antē
at the end
vapuḥ
a body
paśyati
it sees
yauvanē
in youth

Meaning

The commentary: right after death it sees a body in its youth, together with place, time, action, substance, mind, intellect and senses. Another commentary adds: born as a demon, since such beings come of age at once.