Canto 2: Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa ()Chapter 105: Rāma Consoles Bharata With Spiritual InstructionsText 2.105.22
Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 105: Rāma Consoles Bharata With Spiritual Instructions
Text 2.105.22
सहैव मृत्युर्व्रजति सह मृत्युर्निषीदति।
गत्वा सुदीर्घमध्वानं सह मृत्युर्निवर्तते॥
sahaiva mṛtyur vrajati saha mṛtyur niṣīdati
gatvā sudīrgham adhvānaṁ saha mṛtyur nivartate
saha eva = with us; mṛtyuḥ = death; vrajati = walks; saha = with us; mṛtyuḥ = death; niṣīdati = sits; gatvā = [even] after traveling; sudīrgham = a very long; adhvānam = distance; saha = with [us]; mṛtyuḥ = death [travels and]; nivartate = returns.
Death walks with us. Death sits with us. [Even] after traveling a very long distance, death [travels and] returns with [us].
Death cannot be avoided by any means whatsoever.
Anticipating that Bharata might respond, “Can’t I engage [in the process of spiritual realization] later [in life]?” Rāma speaks the next verse.