Shloka 4
Adhyāya 42 — Mahābhūta–Indriya–Adhyātma-Vyavasthā
Brahmā’s Instruction on Elements and Faculties
यद् यस्माज्जायते भूतं तत्र तत् प्रविलीयते । लीयन्ते प्रतिलोमानि जायन्ते चोत्तरोत्तरम्,जो भूत जिससे उत्पन्न होता है, उसका उसीमें लय हो जाता है। ये भूत अनुलोमक्रमसे एकके बाद एक प्रकट होते हैं और विलोमक्रमसे इनका अपने-अपने कारणमें लय होता है
yad yasmāj jāyate bhūtaṃ tatra tat pravilīyate | līyante pratilomāni jāyante cottarottaram ||
Vāyu-deva bersabda: “Apa jua makhluk yang lahir daripada sesuatu punca, akhirnya akan luluh kembali ke dalam punca itu juga. Unsur-unsur menjelma berturut-turut menurut tertib penciptaan; dan menurut tertib terbalik, ia kembali menyatu—masing-masing ke dalam sebabnya sendiri.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
That effects return to their causes: whatever arises from a source ultimately dissolves back into that source. Creation proceeds step-by-step in a forward sequence, while dissolution happens in the reverse sequence, each entity merging into its causal basis.
Vāyu-deva is explaining a philosophical principle of cosmic process—how beings/elements emerge in an ordered progression and how, at dissolution, they are reabsorbed back into their respective causes—framing a teaching on the nature of existence and impermanence.