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Shloka 9

भूमिगुण-प्रश्नः

Inquiry into the qualities of Earth and the classification of beings

यदा तु विषमी भावमाविशन्ति परस्परम्‌ | तदा देहैदेहवन्तो व्यतिरोहन्ति नान्यथा

yadā tu viṣamī bhāvam āviśanti parasparam | tadā dehair dehavantō vyatirōhanti nānyathā ||

Sinabi ni Sañjaya: Ngunit kapag sila’y napasok sa di-pagkakapantay-pantay sa isa’t isa, ang mga nilalang na may katawan ay nagbabanggaan at nagkakabuhol sa pamamagitan ng mismong mga katawan—hindi sa ibang paraan. Ipinahihiwatig nito na ang kaguluhan sa loob at ang di-pagkakasundo ng mga tao ang nauuwi sa lantad na sagupaan, at ang digmaang pisikal ay bunga lamang ng naunang pagkasira ng timbangan sa asal at isipan.

यदाwhen
यदा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदा
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
विषमीunequal/irregular
विषमी:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootविषम
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
भावम्state/condition
भावम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभाव
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
आविशन्तिenter/attain
आविशन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootआ-विश्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
परस्परम्mutually/into one another
परस्परम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरस्पर
तदाthen
तदा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा
देहैःby/with bodies
देहैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootदेह
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
देहवन्तःembodied (beings)
देहवन्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootदेहवत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
व्यतिरोहन्तिintermingle/come together (lit. overgrow/overlap)
व्यतिरोहन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootवि-अति-रुह्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अन्यथाotherwise
अन्यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्यथा

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

Physical confrontation is portrayed as the outcome of an inner and mutual imbalance (viṣamī-bhāva). When minds and relations become discordant, embodied beings inevitably come into bodily opposition; without such inner disharmony, the verse implies, the collision would not arise.

Sañjaya is describing the dynamics by which opponents come to physical engagement: once mutual hostility or imbalance takes hold between parties, they meet and clash through their bodies. It frames the impending or ongoing conflict as rooted in a prior shift of disposition.