Shloka 31
Adhyaya 11 — The Son’s Discourse on Embryogenesis, Birth, and the Wheel of Saṃsāra
एवं संसारचक्रेऽस्मिन् जन्तवो घटियन्त्रवत् ।
भ्राम्यन्ते प्राकृतैर्बन्धैर्बद्ध्वा बाध्यन्ति चासकृत् ॥
evaṁ saṁsāra-cakre ’smin jantavo ghaṭi-yantravat | bhrāmyante prākṛtair bandhair baddhvā bādhyanti cāsakṛt ||
ഇങ്ങനെ ഈ സംസാരചക്രത്തിൽ ജീവികൾ ജലം ഉയർത്തുന്ന യന്ത്രചക്രംപോലെ ചുറ്റുന്നു; പ്രകൃതിയുടെ (ഭൗതിക) ബന്ധനങ്ങളിൽ ബന്ധിതരായി അവർ വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും നിയന്ത്രിതരാകുന്നു।
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FAQs
Worldly life runs by repetitive causal chains; without conscious discipline and insight, one merely cycles through conditioned reactions. Ethical practice and knowledge are the means to stop being ‘mechanical’.
A philosophical aside (mokṣa-oriented upadeśa) embedded in narrative dialogue; not a pancalakṣaṇa catalog item.
The ghati-yantra metaphor suggests a closed loop driven by ‘weights’—guṇas and saṃskāras. Liberation is the disengagement of the driving mechanism through viveka and detachment.