Shloka 44
Adhyaya 48 — The Emanation of Beings from Brahma: Night, Day, Twilight, and the Orders of Creation
यथार्तावृतुलिङ्गानि नानारूपाणि पर्यये ।
दृश्यन्ते तानि तान्येव तथा भावाः युगादिषु ॥
yathārtāvṛtuliṅgāni nānārūpāṇi paryaye / dṛśyante tāni tānyeva tathā bhāvā yugādiṣu
Just as the distinctive marks of the seasons appear in succession in many forms—the very same patterns again and again—so too do conditions and states recur at the beginnings of the yugas.
FAQs
History is cyclical: patterns return. This encourages discernment—recognizing recurring tendencies—and steadiness in dharma rather than being overwhelmed by changing appearances.
It bridges Sarga with Manvantara/Kalpa thinking by emphasizing periodic re-manifestation: the same templates reappear at each yuga’s commencement.
Seasonal ‘signs’ are a microcosm of cosmic rhythm: the macrocycle (yugas) mirrors the microcycle (ṛtus). The verse implies an underlying invariant order (ṛta) expressing itself through repeating forms.