Shloka 2
कālacakra-वर्णनम् तथा āśrama-धarma-निरूपणम्
The Wheel of Time and the Norms of the Āśramas
जराशोकसमादविहष्ट व्याधिव्यसनसम्भवम् | देशकालविचारीदं श्रमव्यायामनि:स्वनम्
jarāśokasamādavihṛṣṭaṁ vyādhivyasanasaṁbhavam | deśakālavicārīdaṁ śramavyāyāmaniḥsvanam
Vāyu dit : «Ce son naît de la peine et de l’effort : engendré par la maladie et l’infortune, et rendu plus âpre par la vieillesse, le chagrin et la détresse. Il varie selon le lieu et le temps, et c’est le fracas même de la fatigue et de l’âpre labeur.»
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how human suffering and limitation—old age, grief, illness, and adversity—manifest outwardly even as something as simple as a sound. Ethically, it encourages discernment and compassion: one should interpret signs of strain in others with understanding, recognizing the conditioned nature of distress (by time, place, and circumstance).
Vāyudeva is explaining the nature and cause of a particular sound/utterance, identifying it as the noise produced by fatigue and strenuous exertion, and tracing it to underlying conditions such as illness, misfortune, old age, and grief, which fluctuate with context (place and time).