देहिनोऽस्मिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा तथा देहान्तरप्राप्तिर्धीरस्तत्र न मुह्यति
dehino ’smin yathā dehe kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā tathā dehāntara-prāptir dhīras tatra na muhyati
Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (13 words)
The soul transmigrates continuously from childhood to youth to old age within a single lifetime. Death is simply the soul's final change of garment in this present life. The sober person (dhīra) understands this continuous transformation and is never bewildered by the body's inevitable demise.
💡 Key Analogy & Śāstric Metaphor
Changing Garments (Vastra-parivartana): Just as a person discards worn-out clothes and puts on fresh ones, the eternal soul sheds an aged physical container and accepts a new body.
Childhood to Old Age Transformation: The individual observer remains identical while the biological cells and physical body transform completely multiple times throughout life.