Sankhya Karika Verse 55

Sanskrit Verse

तत्र जरामरणकृतं दुःखं प्राप्नोति चेतनः पुरुषः । लिङ्गस्याविनिवृत्तेः, तस्माद् दुःखं स्वभावेन ॥ ५५ ॥

Transliteration

tatra jarāmaraṇa kṛtaṃ duḥkhaṃ prāpnoti cetanaḥ puruṣaḥ | liṅgasya avinivṛtteḥ tasmāt duḥkhaṃ svabhāvena ||

Translation

Therein does intelligent Purusa experience pain caused by decay and death, on acount of the non-cessation of, or till the cessation of, the Subtile Body : wherefore pain is the natural order of things.

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Reference: Sankhya Karika