Shloka 9
भूमिगुण-प्रश्नः
Inquiry into the qualities of Earth and the classification of beings
यदा तु विषमी भावमाविशन्ति परस्परम् | तदा देहैदेहवन्तो व्यतिरोहन्ति नान्यथा
yadā tu viṣamī bhāvam āviśanti parasparam | tadā dehair dehavantō vyatirōhanti nānyathā ||
সঞ্জয় বললেন—কিন্তু যখন তারা পরস্পরের প্রতি বিষমভাব ধারণ করে, তখন দেহধারী প্রাণীরা নিজেদের দেহের দ্বারাই সংঘর্ষে জড়ায় ও গাঁথা পড়ে; অন্যথা নয়।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Physical confrontation is portrayed as the outcome of an inner and mutual imbalance (viṣamī-bhāva). When minds and relations become discordant, embodied beings inevitably come into bodily opposition; without such inner disharmony, the verse implies, the collision would not arise.
Sañjaya is describing the dynamics by which opponents come to physical engagement: once mutual hostility or imbalance takes hold between parties, they meet and clash through their bodies. It frames the impending or ongoing conflict as rooted in a prior shift of disposition.