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

狩人は言った。「あらゆる生きものは、三つのグナ（guṇa）から生じた事物や条件と結びつき、また同じようにそれらから離れてゆく。これは万有に共通の法である。ゆえに、ある一人との出会い、あるいは別れは、真に嘆くに足る根拠ではない。別離を自然の理として受けとめ、個人的な不正と見なさず、ダルマにおいて心を安定させよ。」

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

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.