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.
What each word is doing
Sandhi undone, each word with its dictionary form and its grammar. This is the analysis the translation was built from.
| Word | Dictionary form | Grammar | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| dehinaḥदेहिनः | dehin | genitive singular masculine | of the embodied one |
| asminअस्मिन् | idam | locative singular masculine | in this |
| yathāयथा | Not listed | indeclinable | just as |
| deheदेहे | deha | locative singular masculine | in the body |
| kaumāramकौमारं | kaumāra | nominative singular neuter | boyhood |
| yauvanamयौवनं | yauvana | nominative singular neuter | youth |
| jarāजरा | jarā | nominative singular feminine | old age |
| tathāतथा | Not listed | indeclinable | so too |
| dehāntara-prāptiḥदेहान्तरप्राप्तिः | dehāntara-prāpti | nominative singular feminine, tatpuruṣa compound | the obtaining of another body |
| dhīraḥधीरः | dhīra | nominative singular masculine | the steady one |
| tatraतत्र | Not listed | indeclinable | in that, about that |
| naन | Not listed | indeclinable | not |
| muhyatiमुह्यति | muh | 3rd person singular present, class 4 | is bewildered |
The argument is finished before it begins. The first word is dehinaḥ, "of the one who has a body", not dehaḥ, "the body". A word meaning possessor already assumes something other than what is possessed.
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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.
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