देहिनोऽस्मिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा ।तथा देहान्तरप्राप्तिर्धीरस्तत्र न मुह्यति ॥
dehino 'smin yathā dehe kaumāraṃ yauvanaṃ jarā |tathā dehāntaraprāptir dhīras tatra na muhyati ||
- देहिनः · dehinaḥ
- of the embodied one, the dweller in the body
- अस्मिन् · asmin
- in this
- यथा · yathā
- just as
- देहे · dehe
- in the body
- कौमारम् · kaumāram
- childhood
- यौवनम् · yauvanam
- youth
- जरा · jarā
- old age
- तथा · tathā
- so
- देहान्तरप्राप्तिः · dehāntaraprāptiḥ
- the attaining of another body
- धीरः · dhīraḥ
- the steadfast, wise one
- तत्र · tatra
- thereat, at this
- न · na
- not
- मुह्यति · muhyati
- is bewildered, grieves
“As the dweller in this body passes through childhood, youth, and old age, so it passes into another body. The steadfast are not bewildered by this.”
— Original plain-language translation
Death reframed as puberty writ large: you have already survived the annihilation of your childhood self, your youthful self — the witness remained. Rebirth is presented not as dogma but as the same continuity, extended one step further.
— Reader's notes (original)