Shloka 19
Skanda–Mātṛgaṇa-janma: Kumārakāḥ, Kanyāgaṇāḥ, and the Vīrāṣṭaka (स्कन्द-मातृगण-सम्भवः)
गुणैर्भूतानि युज्यन्ते वियुज्यन्ते तथैव च । सर्वाणि नैतदेकस्य शोकस्थान हि विद्यते,सभी प्राणी तीनों गुणोंके कार्यभूत विभिन्न वस्तु आदिसे जिस प्रकार संयुक्त होते हैं, वैसे ही वियुक्त भी होते रहते हैं। अतः किसी एकका संयोग और किसी एकका वियोग वास्तवमें शोकका कारण नहीं है
guṇair bhūtāni yujyante viyujyante tathaiva ca | sarvāṇi naitad ekasya śokasthānaṃ hi vidyate ||
The hunter said: “All beings come into association with things and conditions that arise from the three guṇas, and in the same way they become separated from them. This is the common law for all; therefore, the meeting or parting of any single person is not, in truth, a sufficient ground for grief. One should understand separation as natural, not as a personal injustice, and steady the mind in dharma.”
व्याध उवाच
Educational Q&A
Union and separation are natural outcomes of the three guṇas affecting embodied life; since this happens to all, one should not treat a particular meeting or loss as a unique, decisive reason for grief, but cultivate steadiness and dharmic understanding.
In a didactic exchange, the hunter (vyādha) instructs his listener by reframing personal sorrow: he explains that relationships and circumstances arise and dissolve according to the guṇas, so lamentation over separation should be moderated by insight into the universal order.