वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि ।
तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णा न्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही ।।
vāsāṃsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya navāni gṛhṇāti naro'parāṇi ।
tathā śarīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇā nyanyāni saṃyāti navāni dehī ।।
तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णा न्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही ।।
vāsāṃsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya navāni gṛhṇāti naro'parāṇi ।
tathā śarīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇā nyanyāni saṃyāti navāni dehī ।।
नर: - humans, यथा - how, जीर्णानि वासांसि - worn out clothes, विहाय - abandon, अपराणि नवानि - other new clothes, गृह्णाति - accept, तथा देही - In same way, Atma,
जीर्णानि शरीराणि - collapsed bodies, विहाय - abandon, अन्यानि नवानि - other new bodies, संयाति - gains
जीर्णानि शरीराणि - collapsed bodies, विहाय - abandon, अन्यानि नवानि - other new bodies, संयाति - gains
(V)
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Just as we discard garments when they become old & go for new ones, so does Atma. It discards old & collapsing bodies in favour of new ones..
Shastra says that those who die in battlefield leave their 'nara-sharIra' & attain 'deva-sharIra'
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Just as we discard garments when they become old & go for new ones, so does Atma. It discards old & collapsing bodies in favour of new ones..
Shastra says that those who die in battlefield leave their 'nara-sharIra' & attain 'deva-sharIra'
The implication here is, when Drona & Bhishma are felled by Arjuna, they leave this utterly old, incapable bodies. Attaining new 'deva-sharIra', they go straight to heaven.
But can we blindly say new body is better than old?
But can we blindly say new body is better than old?
It is to be noted in this shloka that Krishna does not just say 'navāni' but rather 'anyāni navāni' which means something new as well different...
The usage of 'anyāni' clearly affirms that it is better, new & different than existing body
The usage of 'anyāni' clearly affirms that it is better, new & different than existing body
(A) & (D)
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Same as above, but without the stress on 'nyāni navāni'..
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Same as above, but without the stress on 'nyāni navāni'..
