Shiva Purana

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यच्छरीरमिदं प्रोक्तं पुरुषस्य ततः परम् ॥ अशुद्धमवशं दुःखमध्रुवं न च विद्यते ॥ ५१ ॥

There is nothing more impure, uncontrolled, miserable and uncertain than the body of the Puruṣa.

english translation

yaccharIramidaM proktaM puruSasya tataH param ॥ azuddhamavazaM duHkhamadhruvaM na ca vidyate ॥ 51 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

विपदां वीजभूतेन पुरुषस्तेन संयुतः ॥ सुखी दुःखी च मूढश्च भवति स्वेन कर्मणा ॥ ५२ ॥

The Puruṣa becomes happy, miserable or deluded on becoming associated with the body—the seed of all adversities caused by his own activities.

english translation

vipadAM vIjabhUtena puruSastena saMyutaH ॥ sukhI duHkhI ca mUDhazca bhavati svena karmaNA ॥ 52 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

अद्भिराप्लवितं क्षेत्रं जनयत्यंकुरं यथा ॥ आज्ञानात्प्लावितं कर्म देहं जनयते तथा ॥ ५३ ॥

As the field flooded with water generates sprouts so also the action flooded with ignorance generates the man.

english translation

adbhirAplavitaM kSetraM janayatyaMkuraM yathA ॥ AjJAnAtplAvitaM karma dehaM janayate tathA ॥ 53 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

अत्यंतमसुखावासास्स्मृताश्चैकांतमृत्यवः ॥ अनागता अतीताश्च तनवो ऽस्य सहस्रशः ॥ ५४ ॥

Thousands in number are his bodies both of the past and the future. These are mortals, abodes of excessive distress.

english translation

atyaMtamasukhAvAsAssmRtAzcaikAMtamRtyavaH ॥ anAgatA atItAzca tanavo 'sya sahasrazaH ॥ 54 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

आगत्यागत्य शीर्णेषु शरीरेषु शरीरिणः ॥ अत्यंतवसतिः क्वापि न केनापि च लभ्यते ॥ ५५ ॥

A perpetual stay in the bodies that successively come to the embodied soul and get shattered, is never attained by any one.

english translation

AgatyAgatya zIrNeSu zarIreSu zarIriNaH ॥ atyaMtavasatiH kvApi na kenApi ca labhyate ॥ 55 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript