Shloka 6
Adhyāya 96: Nārada Guides Mātali in Varuṇa’s Realm
Varuṇa-loka Darśana
मुहूर्तमरणास्त्वन्ये मानुषा मृगपक्षिण: । तैर्यग्योन्याक्ष॒ ये चान्ये जीवलोकचरास्तथा
muhūrtamaraṇās tv anye mānuṣā mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ | tairyyagyonīyākṣā ye cānye jīvalokacarās tathā ||
কণ্বে ক’লে—কিছুমান ত এক মুহূৰ্তৰ ভিতৰতে মৰি যায়—মানৱ, মৃগ আৰু পক্ষী। তেনেকৈ তিৰ্যক্-যোনিত জন্ম লোৱা আৰু জীৱলোকত বিচৰণ কৰা অন্য জীৱসমূহো শীঘ্ৰ মৃত্যুক প্ৰাপ্ত হয়।
कण्व उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse stresses the fragility of embodied life: across species—human, animal, bird—death can arrive suddenly. Ethically, it supports sobriety, non-attachment, and urgency in practicing dharma rather than complacency.
Kaṇva is reflecting on the condition of living beings, emphasizing that many creatures are moment-lived and subject to swift death, as part of a broader admonition meant to shape right judgment and conduct.