Shloka 2
अध्वर्यु–यति संवादः
Adhvaryu–Yati Dialogue on Svabhāva, Ahiṃsā, and Mokṣa
अर्थानिष्टान् कामयते स्वभाव: सर्वान् देष्यान् प्रद्धिषते स्वभाव: । कामद्वेषायुद्धवत: स्वभावात् प्राणापानौ जन््तुदेहान्निवेश्य
arthāniṣṭān kāmayate svabhāvaḥ sarvān deṣyān praddhiṣate svabhāvaḥ | kāmadveṣāyuddhavataḥ svabhāvāt prāṇāpānau jantudehān niveśya |
Brahmana itu berkata: Sifat semula jadi sendirilah yang mengingini apa yang dihasrati, dan sifat semula jadi sendirilah yang menjauh daripada segala yang dibenci. Seperti prāṇa dan apāna, yang memasuki tubuh makhluk hidup menurut fungsinya yang tersendiri lalu terus menjalankan proses seperti pencernaan, demikian juga—oleh sifat semula jadi—keterikatan dan kebencian pun timbul. Maksudnya: keupayaan seperti akal dan pancaindera, didorong oleh kecenderungan bawaan, terus berurusan dengan objek-objek.
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Desire and aversion are presented as natural, automatic movements of embodied life—arising from svabhāva—much like the vital breaths operate bodily functions. Ethical effort, therefore, begins with recognizing these impulses as conditioned tendencies rather than as the true self’s deliberate choice.
A Brāhmaṇa speaker explains to the listener that the mind and senses engage objects by innate disposition: they seek what seems pleasant and reject what seems unpleasant. He illustrates this with the example of prāṇa and apāna entering bodies and continuously performing physiological work, implying that psychological reactions also proceed in a similarly natural way.