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Tasya api taba deha ayam kripanasya jijivishoh
Paraiti anichhato jeerno jaraya vasasi iva.
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Tasya—of this, Api—inspite of, Taba—your, Deha—body, Ayam—this, Kripanasya—of one who is miserly, Jijivishoh—of you who desire life, Paraiti—will dwindle, Anichhato—even unwilling, Jeerno—deteriorated, Vasasi—garments, Iva—like.
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Inspite of your such wishful desire for living even at the cost of honour and prestige your miserly body will certainly dwindle like the deteriorated old garment although you are unwilling to die.
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The words Kripanasya jijivisho, are significant. There are two classes of men. One is called the 'Kripana' and the other is called the 'Brahmana'. The 'Kripana' or the miserly man has no estimation of his material body but the 'Brahmana' has a true estimation of of himself and the material body. The kripana having wrong estimation of his material body, wants to make sense-gratification to the utmost strength and even in old age also he wants to become a young man by medical treatment or otherwise. Dhritarastra is addressed herein as the Kripana because without any estimation of his material body he wants to live at any cost and Vidura is trying to open his eyes that he cannot live more than his term of living and he must be prepared for death. Death being inevitable why shonld he accept such humiliating positon for living, better take the right path even at the risk of death. Human life is meant for finishing all kinds of miseries of material existence and life should be so trained up as one can achieve the desired goal. Dhritarastra due to his wrong conception of life, had already spoiled 80% of his achieved energy and it was good for him to utilise the remaining days of his miserly life; it might be utilised for the ultimate good. Such life like that of Dhritarastra is called miserly because they cannot properly utilise the assets of the human form of life. Such miserly man by good luck only meets self-realised soul like Vidura and by his instruction get rid of the nescience of material existence.
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#dl##dd#tasyāpi tava deho 'yaṁ#/dd#
#dd#kṛpaṇasya jijīviṣoḥ#/dd#
#dd#paraity anicchato jīrṇo#/dd#
#dd#jarayā vāsasī iva#/dd##/dl#
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#i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=tasya&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#tasya#/i# — of this; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=api&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#api#/i# — in spite of; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=tava&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#tava#/i# — your; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=dehaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#dehaḥ#/i# — body; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ayam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ayam#/i# — this; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kṛpaṇasya&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#kṛpaṇasya#/i# — of one who is miserly; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=jijīviṣoḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#jijīviṣoḥ#/i# — of you who desire life; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=paraiti&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#paraiti#/i# — will dwindle; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=anicchataḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#anicchataḥ#/i# — even unwilling; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=jīrṇaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#jīrṇaḥ#/i# — deteriorated; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=jarayā&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#jarayā#/i# — old; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vāsasī&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#vāsasī#/i# — garments; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=iva&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#iva#/i# — like.
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Despite your unwillingness to die and your desire to live even at the cost of honor and prestige, your miserly body will certainly dwindle and deteriorate like an old garment.
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The words #i#kṛpaṇasya#/i# jijīviṣoḥ are significant. There are two classes of men. One is called the #i#kṛpaṇa#/i#, and the other is called the #i#brāhmaṇa#/i#. The #i#kṛpaṇa#/i#, or the miserly man, has no estimation of his material body, but the #i#brāhmaṇa#/i# has a true estimation of himself and the material body. The #i#kṛpaṇa#/i#, having a wrong estimation of his material body, wants to enjoy sense gratification with his utmost strength, and even in old age he wants to become a young man by medical treatment or otherwise. Dhṛtarāṣṭra is addressed herein as a #i#kṛpaṇa#/i# because without any estimation of his material body he wants to live at any cost. Vidura is trying to open his eyes to see that he cannot live more than his term and that he must prepare for death. Since death is inevitable, why should he accept such a humiliating position for living? It is better to take the right path, even at the risk of death. Human life is meant for finishing all kinds of miseries of material existence, and life should be so regulated that one can achieve the desired goal. Dhṛtarāṣṭra, due to his wrong conception of life, had already spoiled eighty percent of his achieved energy, so it behooved him to utilize the remaining days of his miserly life for the ultimate good. Such a life is called miserly because one cannot properly utilize the assets of the human form of life. Only by good luck does such a miserly man meet a self-realized soul like Vidura and by his instruction gets rid of the nescience of material existence.
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