जीवन्मृतत्वं नियमेन राजन् आद्यन्तवद्यद्विकृतस्य दृष्टम् । स्वस्वाम्यभावो ध्रुव ईड्य यत्र तर्ह्युच्यतेऽसौ विधिकृत्ययोग: ॥ ११ ॥
jivan-mrtatvam niyamena rajan adyantavad yad vikrtasya drstam sva-svamya-bhavo dhruva idya yatra tarhy ucyate ’sau vidhikrtya-yogah
- jivat-mrtatvam
- the quality of being dead while living
- niyamena
- by the laws of nature
- rajan
- O King
- adi-anta-vat
- everything material has a beginning and an end
- yat
- because
- vikrtasya
- of things that are transformed, such as the body
- drstam
- is seen
- sva-svamya-bhavah
- the condition of servanthood and mastership
- dhruvah
- unchangeable
- idya
- O you who are worshiped
- yatra
- wherein
- tarhi
- then
- ucyate
- it is said
- asau
- that
- vidhi-krtya-yogah
- fitness of order and duty
My dear King, you have unnecessarily accused me of being dead though alive. In this regard, I can only say that this is the case everywhere because everything material has its beginning and end. As far as your thinking that you are the king and master and are thus trying to order me, this is also incorrect because these positions are temporary. Today you are a king and I am your servant, but tomorrow the position may be changed, and you may be my servant and I your master. These are temporary circumstances created by providence.