Shloka 2
मृत्युकारणप्रश्नः / Inquiry into the Cause and Designation of Death
स्वभावयुक्त तत् सर्व यदिमान् सृजते गुणान् । ऊर्णनाभिर्यथा सूत्र सृजते तद्गुणांस्तथा
svabhāvayuktaṁ tat sarvaṁ yad imān sṛjate guṇān | ūrṇanābhir yathā sūtraṁ sṛjate tad-guṇāṁs tathā ||
ವ್ಯಾಸನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಈ ಗುಣಗಳನ್ನು ಸೃಜಿಸುವುದೆಲ್ಲವೂ ತನ್ನ ಸ್ವಭಾವಕ್ಕನುಗುಣವಾಗಿಯೇ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಸುತ್ತದೆ. ಜೇಡ ತನ್ನದೇ ದೇಹದಿಂದ ನೂಲನ್ನು ಹೊರತೆಗೆದು ಜಾಲವನ್ನು ನೆಯುವಂತೆ, ಪ್ರಕೃತಿಯೂ ತನ್ನ ಸ್ವರೂಪಬಲದಿಂದ ತ್ರಿಗುಣಾತ್ಮಕ ಅನೇಕ ಪದಾರ್ಥಗಳನ್ನು ಉತ್ಪನ್ನಮಾಡುತ್ತದೆ॥
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Creation and the arising of the guṇas are presented as a natural outflow of Prakṛti’s own svabhāva (inherent constitution), not as an arbitrary act. The spider-thread image teaches that effects proceed from the cause’s own nature—supporting a Sāṅkhya-style view of causality and encouraging discernment of guṇa-driven phenomena.
In the didactic setting of Śānti Parva, Vyāsa continues an instruction on metaphysical principles: how the world of qualities and objects arises. He illustrates the process with a familiar analogy (a spider spinning its thread) to clarify that the manifested world is generated from Prakṛti itself, in accordance with its innate tendencies.