Shloka 2
Yājñavalkya on the Unity of Sāṃkhya and Yoga and the Marks of Meditative Composure
धाम्ना धामसहस््राणि मरणान्तानि गच्छति । तिर्यग्योनिमनुष्यत्वे देवलोके तथैव च,वह पशु-पक्षी, मनुष्य तथा देवताओंकी योनियोंमें तथा एक स्थानसे सहसौरों स्थानोंमें बारंबार मरकर जाता और जन्म लेता है
dhāmnā dhāma-sahasrāṇi maraṇāntāni gacchati | tiryag-yoni-manuṣyatve deva-loke tathaiva ca ||
Wika ni Vasiṣṭha: Sa lakas ng sariling natamong kalagayan (dhāman), ang nilalang na may katawan ay dumaraan sa libu-libong tahanan, na bawat isa’y nagwawakas sa kamatayan. Kaya paulit-ulit itong namamatay at muling isinisilang—sa mga sinapupunan ng hayop, sa kalagayang pantao, at gayundin sa mga daigdig ng mga diyos.
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
That worldly existence is a cycle of repeated births and deaths across many realms—animal, human, and divine—driven by one’s own accumulated karmic force and disposition; therefore one should seek liberation rather than mere higher rebirth.
Vasiṣṭha is instructing about the nature of saṃsāra: the jīva migrates through countless ‘abodes’ (states of existence), each terminating in death, moving among animal, human, and heavenly worlds in accordance with its own causal momentum.