Shloka 17
कालनिर्णयः, युगधर्मवर्णनम्, सृष्टिक्रमश्च
Time-Reckoning, Yuga-Dharma, and the Sequence of Creation
पृथिवी ज्योतिराकाशमापो वायुश्च॒ पठचम: । एतद्योनीनि भूतानि तत्र का परिदेवना
śakra uvāca | pṛthivī jyotir ākāśam āpo vāyuś ca pañcamaḥ | etad-yonīni bhūtāni tatra kā paridevanā ||
শক্ৰ ক’লে—পৃথিৱী, অগ্নি (জ্যোতি), আকাশ, জল আৰু পঞ্চম বায়ু—এইবোৰেই দেহধাৰী জীৱৰ যোনি (উপাদান)। সকলোৱে এই তত্ত্বসমূহৰ পৰা জন্ম লৈ এইবোৰতেই লীন হয়, তেন্তে শোক আৰু বিলাপৰ কাৰণ কি?
श॒क्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
Grief is weakened by seeing embodied life as a temporary composition of the five elements; since beings arise from and dissolve back into these material sources, excessive lamentation is portrayed as lacking a stable basis.
Śakra (Indra) instructs the listener by pointing to the elemental constitution of all creatures, using this analysis to argue against sorrow and to encourage steadiness of mind.