Shloka 2
Utkramaṇa-sthāna and Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇa: Yājñavalkya’s Instruction on Departure Pathways and Mortality Signs
ऋते तु पुरुष नेह स्त्री गर्भ धारयत्युत । ऋते स्त्रियं न पुरुषो रूप॑ निर्वर्त येत् तथा,इस जगतमें न तो पुरुषके बिना स्त्री गर्भ धारण कर सकती है और न स्त्रीके बिना कोई पुरुष ही किसी शरीरको उत्पन्न कर सकता है
ṛte tu puruṣa neha strī garbhaṃ dhārayaty uta | ṛte striyaṃ na puruṣo rūpaṃ nirvartayeta tathā ||
Janaka dijo: «En este mundo, una mujer no puede concebir sin un hombre; y del mismo modo, sin una mujer, un hombre no puede hacer que se manifieste una forma corporal. Así, la vida encarnada surge por dependencia mutua, no por una agencia aislada».
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
That embodied existence and lineage arise through reciprocal dependence of man and woman; neither can claim complete, solitary agency in producing embodied life.
King Janaka is speaking in a didactic context in the Śānti Parva, using the example of conception and bodily formation to illustrate interdependence and the conditions required for worldly manifestation.