Mṛtyu
मृत्युपुंल्लिङ्ग (masculino) · मृ धातु (mṛ — morrer) + तु प्रत्यय
mṛtyu
Metaphysics
AI translationDeath; end of a bodily existence
Mṛtyu is the unraveling of the body-mind compound into its elements. Vedānta teaches that mṛtyu does not affect ātman: what dies is only the liṅga-śarīra (subtle body) leaving the sthūla-śarīra (gross body). Recurring death (punar-mṛtyu) ends only through knowledge — not through actions or merits. 'There is no other path to go beyond death' (Śvetāśvatara 3.8) — not ritual, not power, only ātma-jñāna.
Occurrence in the corpus
॥ २७ ॥ 【भाष्यम्】 जातस्य हि लब्धजन्मनः ध्रुवः अव्यभिचारी मृत्युः मरणं ध्रुवं जन्म मृतस्य तस्मादपरिहार्योऽयं जन्ममरणलक्षणोऽर्थः तस्मिन्नपरिहार्येऽर्थे त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि
|| 27 || 【bhāṣyam】 jātasya hi labdhajanmanaḥ dhruvaḥ avyabhicārī mṛtyuḥ maraṇaṃ dhruvaṃ janma mṛtasya tasmādaparihāryo'yaṃ janmamaraṇalakṣaṇo'rthaḥ tasminnaparihārye'rthe tvaṃ śocitumarhasi
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Vishva Vidya (2026). Mṛtyu (मृत्यु). Vishva Vidya — Vedanta. https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/mrityu
Vishva Vidya. "Mṛtyu (मृत्यु)." Vishva Vidya — Vedanta, January 1, 2026, https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/mrityu.
Vishva Vidya. "Mṛtyu (मृत्यु)." Vishva Vidya — Vedanta, January 1, 2026. https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/mrityu.
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