Shloka 19

Skanda–Mātṛgaṇa-janma: Kumārakāḥ, Kanyāgaṇāḥ, and the Vīrāṣṭaka (स्कन्द-मातृगण-सम्भवः)

Devanagari script

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

Transliteration

guṇair bhūtāni yujyante viyujyante tathaiva ca | sarvāṇi naitad ekasya śokasthānaṃ hi vidyate ||

Translation

Semua makhluk berhubungan dengan hal-hal dan keadaan yang lahir dari tiga guṇa, dan demikian pula berpisah darinya. Ini hukum yang berlaku bagi semua; maka pertemuan atau perpisahan seseorang, pada hakikatnya, bukanlah tempat yang layak bagi duka.

Word by Word

गुणैःby/with the qualities (gunas)

भूतानिbeings; entities

युज्यन्तेare joined; become connected

वियुज्यन्तेare separated; become disjoined

तथाthus; in the same way

एवindeed; just

चand

सर्वाणिall (things)

नnot

एतत्this (fact/thing)

एकस्यof one (person/thing)

शोकस्थानम्a locus/cause of grief

हिindeed; for

विद्यतेexists; is found

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

vyādha (the hunter)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.