Shloka 5
Yājñavalkya on the Unity of Sāṃkhya and Yoga and the Marks of Meditative Composure
कलायां जायते5जसंं पुन: पुनरबुद्धिमान् । धाम तस्योपयुञ्जन्ति भूय एवोपजायते,अज्ञानी जीव सदा बारंबार उन्हीं कलाओंमें स्थित हुआ जन्म ग्रहण करता है। वे ही कलाएँ जीवके आश्रय लेनेयोग्य हैं, अतः जीवका उन्हींसे पुनः-पुनः जन्म होता रहता है
kalāyāṃ jāyate jīvaḥ punaḥ punaḥ abuddhimān | dhāma tasyopayuñjanti bhūya evopajāyate ||
வசிஷ்டர் கூறினார்—அறியாத உயிர் அந்தக் கலைகளிலேயே மீண்டும் மீண்டும் பிறக்கிறது. அவையே அவனுக்குத் தாமமும் ஆதாரமும்; அவற்றிலேயே ஓய்வென்று எண்ணி அவன் மறுமறுவாகத் தோன்றுகிறான்.
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
So long as the jīva lacks discernment (abuddhimān) and takes conditioned ‘kalās’ as its true abode, it remains bound to saṃsāra and is compelled to be born repeatedly. The ethical thrust is to cultivate right understanding and non-clinging, shifting one’s refuge away from transient supports.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction, Vasiṣṭha is explaining the mechanism of repeated birth: the individual self, due to ignorance, repeatedly settles into the same limited bases (kalās) and therefore re-arises again and again, treating those very conditions as its support.