Shloka 10
Jvarotpatti — The Origin and Distribution of Jvara
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अभावं यान्ति तेष्वेव तेभ्यश्व प्रभवन्त्यपि । विनष्टो5प्यनु तान्येव जन्तुर्भवति पठचधा
abhāvaṁ yānti teṣv eva tebhyaś ca prabhavanty api | vinaṣṭo 'py anu tāny eva jantur bhavati pañcadhā ||
Wika ni Asita: “Ang lahat ng nilalang ay lumulubog sa di-nahahayag na kalagayan sa mismong mga sanhi ring iyon, at mula sa mga sanhi ring iyon sila muling sumisibol. Kahit masira ang katawan, ang buhay—nahahati sa limang anyo—ay bumabalik at sumasanib sa kani-kaniyang pinagmumulang sanhi.”
असित उवाच
Educational Q&A
Embodied existence is cyclical: beings dissolve back into their causal constituents and arise again from them. Since the body and its components are perishable and return to their sources, one should cultivate detachment and adhere to dharma rather than clinging to transient embodiment.
Asita is explaining a doctrinal point about dissolution and origination: when the body perishes, the living being is described as becoming ‘fivefold’ and merging into corresponding causes—an allusion to the return of constituents (commonly understood as the five elements) to their sources.