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Shloka 186

पञ्चवर्णोत्पत्तिः — The Origin of the Five-Colored Fiery Being and Ritual-Disruptor Lineages

स्रोतसासकृदाक्षिप्तं द्वियमाणं बलीयसा । इस प्रकार यह संसार असहाय तथा मोह, शोकमें डूबा हुआ है। कर्मोके अत्यन्त प्रबल प्रवाहमें पड़कर बार-बार उसकी आधि-व्याधिरूपी तरंगोंके थपेड़े सहता और विवश होकर इधर-से-उधर बहता रहता है

srotasā sakṛd ākṣiptaṃ dvīyamāṇaṃ balīyasā |

ดุจสิ่งหนึ่งที่ถูกกระแสน้ำฉุดจับไว้ครั้งเดียวแล้วถูกแรงสายน้ำที่ยิ่งกว่าลากไปและเหวี่ยงไหวซ้ำแล้วซ้ำเล่า ฉันใด โลกนี้ก็ฉันนั้น—ไร้ที่พึ่ง ถูกโมหะครอบงำและจมอยู่ในความโศก. ครั้นตกอยู่ในกระแสกรรมอันเกรียงไกร ก็ถูกคลื่นแห่งทุกข์และโรคาพาธซัดกระหน่ำครั้งแล้วครั้งเล่า และถูกพัดพาให้ลอยไปจากที่หนึ่งสู่อีกที่หนึ่งโดยฝืนใจ.

स्रोतसाby/with the stream (current)
स्रोतसा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootस्रोतस्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
असकृत्again and again, repeatedly
असकृत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअसकृत्
आक्षिप्तम्thrown/dragged (about)
आक्षिप्तम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootआ-क्षिप्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)
द्वियमाणम्being tossed to and fro / wavering
द्वियमाणम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वी (द्वि) / द्वि- (to be in two, to waver) + य (यक्)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular, यमान (present passive/atmanepada participial formation)
बलीयसाby the stronger (force)
बलीयसा:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootबलिन् (comparative: बलीयस्)
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular

व्याध उवाच

व्याध (the hunter-sage, speaker)
संसार (the world, saṃsāra)
कर्म (karma, action and its force)

Educational Q&A

Saṃsāra is driven by the powerful current of karma; when one is seized by it, one becomes helplessly tossed between pleasure and pain. The ethical implication is to cultivate discernment and steadiness (dharma-based conduct and inner detachment) rather than being carried away by delusion and grief.

The Vyādha is instructing his listener through a vivid metaphor: like an object swept into a river, the embodied being is dragged by forces stronger than itself. He explains the human condition—repeatedly battered by suffering—so the listener may turn toward dharma and clarity.