Editorial research edition. The Sanskrit source stands separately. The English rendering, word analysis and note below were developed for this website and have not been approved as Aniruddha Dāsa's wording. Cite the source verse, not this research layer, unless a named human reviewer later approves it.
देहिनोऽस्मिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा । तथा देहान्तरप्राप्तिर्धीरस्तत्र न मुह्यति ॥
dehino 'smin yathā dehe kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā tathā dehāntara-prāptir dhīras tatra na muhyati
Just as the embodied self passes through boyhood, youth and old age within this body, so it passes on to another body. A steady person is not bewildered by this.
As are childhood, youth, and old age, in this body, to the embodied soul, so also is the attaining of another body. Calm souls are not deluded thereat.
English rendering by Swami Swarupananda. Public domain first edition, 1909.
Build the sentence from its parts
Read across once, then cover the meanings and recover them from the Sanskrit forms.
| Sanskrit form | Meaning here |
|---|---|
| dehinaḥ | of the embodied |
| asmin | in this |
| yathā | as |
| dehe | in the body |
| kaumāram | childhood |
| yauvanam | youth |
| jarā | old age |
| tathā | similarly |
| deha-antara | another body |
| prāptiḥ | achieves |
| dhīraḥ | the wise |
| tatra | thereupon |
| na muhyati | are not deluded |
Keep the verse in view while connecting dehinaḥ (of the embodied), jarā (old age), and na muhyati (are not deluded). Ask what changes between the first and last term, and how that movement contributes to the enduring self and steady wisdom. State the connection in your own words, then check it against Bhagavad-gita 2.13.
Original school explanation. Written independently from the Sanskrit word map. It is not a quotation, translation, or summary of a named modern commentary. Chapter lens: Trace the movement from grief through self, duty, disciplined action and the description of steady intelligence.
Five careful reading routes
The cards below are reading references, not claims about what an acharya says in this verse. Modern wording stays inside authorized editions. Classical commentary will appear only after an independent translation has passed scholarly and rights review.
Meaning map
Follow the thought
- 1
As are childhood, youth
- 2
old age, in this body, to the embodied soul
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also is the attaining of another body
Look, link, cover, teach
Look
Picture the enduring self.
Link
Use the line starts: dehino ’smin / tathā dehāntara-prāptir.
Cover
Hide the verse and rebuild one line at a time.
Teach
Explain the flow to another person without looking.
Make the verse yours
Try first, reveal second. The small effort of remembering is part of the lesson.
Recall before rereading
Reveal the translation
Just as the embodied self passes through boyhood, youth and old age within this body, so it passes on to another body. A steady person is not bewildered by this.
Apply
Name one situation in daily life where this teaching changes a choice.
Discuss
What word or claim would you want to question with another student?
Teach + return
Explain it aloud in sixty seconds. Revisit tomorrow, then again next week.
Build meaning without hiding the work
Trace the movement from grief through self, duty, disciplined action and the description of steady intelligence.
Mark forms you want to investigate
These are visual tokens, not a reviewed sandhi split. Select repeated forms, endings, compounds, particles or speaker markers; verify segmentation with the Sanskrit tools or a checked edition.
Three questions for this verse
- 1
What distinction or instruction appears?
- 2
Which earlier problem does it answer?
- 3
How does it connect action with understanding?
Place the verse under grief, self, action or steadiness and defend the placement.
Attempt before comparison
Make revision visible
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