Shloka 5
उद्रेकव्यतिरिक्तानां तेषामन्योन्यवर्तिनाम् वक्ष्यते तद् यथा न्यूनं व्यतिरिक्तं च सर्वश:,ऐसा होनेपर भी कहीं तो इन उन्नति और अवनतिके स्वभाववाले तथा एक-दूसरेका अनुसरण करनेवाले गुणोंमेंसे किसीकी न््यूनता देखी जाती है और कहीं अधिकता। सो किस प्रकार? यह बताया जाता है
udrekavyatiriktānāṃ teṣām anyonyavartinām vakṣyate tad yathā nyūnaṃ vyatiriktaṃ ca sarvaśaḥ
Vāyu-deva disse: “Entre essas qualidades—cuja natureza é elevar-se e decair, e que operam seguindo-se mutuamente—vê-se, ainda assim, que em alguns casos uma se mostra deficiente e, em outros, excessiva. Como isso ocorre? Agora será explicado por completo.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even interdependent qualities that normally rise and fall in relation to each other can appear uneven—deficient in one place and excessive in another—due to specific conditions; the speaker introduces a systematic explanation of this variability.
Vāyu-deva is speaking in a didactic mode, setting up an explanation about why certain qualities (understood as interrelated traits or guṇas) manifest with differing degrees—sometimes less, sometimes more—despite their mutual linkage.