Shloka 20
Purohita-Niyoga and the Brahma–Kṣatra Concord
Aila–Kaśyapa Saṃvāda
ऐल उवाच न वै वातः परिवृणोति ककश्रि- न्न जीमूतो वर्षति नापि देव: । तथायुक्तो दृश्यते मानुषेषु कामद्वेषाद् बध्यते मुहते च
aila uvāca | na vai vātaḥ parivṛṇoti kaścid na jīmūto varṣati nāpi devaḥ | tathāyukto dṛśyate mānuṣeṣu kāmadveṣād badhyate muhyate ca |
قال أَيْلَا (بورورافاس): «إن الريحَ وحدَها لا تُغَشّي أحدًا، ولا السحابُ وحدَه يُمطر، ولا إلهٌ بمفرده يجعل المطرَ يهطل. وكذلك بين البشر لا تُرى الذاتُ إلا مقرونةً—بالعقل والحواسّ وسائر ما يتبعها. فإذا قُيِّدت بالشهوة والنفور سقطت في الوهم وانتهت إلى الهلاك.»
ऐल उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that effects arise from conjunction and conditions, not from a single isolated cause; likewise the self in embodied life is experienced together with mind and senses, and becomes bound and deluded through desire (kāma) and aversion (dveṣa), leading to downfall.
Purūravas (Aila) speaks reflectively, using natural analogies (wind, cloud, divine agency and rain) to explain how human experience and bondage occur through association with mental and sensory factors, emphasizing the ethical danger of being driven by desire and hatred.