Charak Samhita

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अथ तृतीयां परलोकैषणामापद्येत| संशयश्चात्र, कथं? भविष्याम इतश्च्युता न वेति; कुतः पुनः संशय इति, उच्यते- सन्ति ह्येके प्रत्यक्षपराः परोक्षत्वात् पुनर्भवस्यनास्तिक्यमाश्रिताः, सन्ति चागमप्रत्ययादेव पुनर्भवमिच्छन्ति; श्रुतिभेदाच्च- ‘मातरं पितरं चैके मन्यन्ते जन्मकारणम् | स्वभावं परनिर्माणं यदृच्छां चापरे जनाः’ || इति | अतः संशयः- किं नु खल्वस्ति पुनर्भवो न वेति ||६||

sanskrit

[Desire of other world after death] The third desire is the aspiration for a virtuous life in the other world (life after death. There is some skepticism regarding this desire). What happens after death? Does rebirth occur? Why are there doubts regarding reincarnation? Lord Atreya says that there are people who believe in perceptible things and do not believe in imperceptible things. Acharyas (teachers) who have faith in the shastras believe in the theory of reincarnation even when they have not perceived or experienced it. But there is skepticism because of differences in opinion. Among the “believing” acharyas, some attribute the role of ‘parents or ancestors’, some on swabhava(personality or nature of the individual), some on the role of the paranirman (impersonal soul), while some on yadruchha ( free will or external powers responsible for sudden occurrences of events in the universe) in the process of reincarnation. Because of so many opinions and schools of thought, there is skepticism with regards to the theory of reincarnation, whether it exists or not.

english translation

atha tRtIyAM paralokaiSaNAmApadyeta| saMzayazcAtra, kathaM? bhaviSyAma itazcyutA na veti; kutaH punaH saMzaya iti, ucyate- santi hyeke pratyakSaparAH parokSatvAt punarbhavasyanAstikyamAzritAH, santi cAgamapratyayAdeva punarbhavamicchanti; zrutibhedAcca- ‘mAtaraM pitaraM caike manyante janmakAraNam | svabhAvaM paranirmANaM yadRcchAM cApare janAH’ || iti | ataH saMzayaH- kiM nu khalvasti punarbhavo na veti ||6||

hk transliteration