Shloka 2
मृत्युकारणप्रश्नः / Inquiry into the Cause and Designation of Death
स्वभावयुक्त तत् सर्व यदिमान् सृजते गुणान् । ऊर्णनाभिर्यथा सूत्र सृजते तद्गुणांस्तथा
svabhāvayuktaṁ tat sarvaṁ yad imān sṛjate guṇān | ūrṇanābhir yathā sūtraṁ sṛjate tad-guṇāṁs tathā ||
ویاس نے کہا—جو حقیقت ان گُنوں کو پیدا کرتی ہے، وہ سب کچھ اپنے ہی فطری مزاج کے مطابق کرتی ہے۔ جیسے مکڑی اپنے ہی جسم سے دھاگا نکال کر جالا بُنتی ہے، ویسے ہی پرکرتی بھی اپنے ہی سرشت کے زور سے تین گُنوں سے مرکب بے شمار پدار्थوں کو جنم دیتی ہے۔
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Creation and the arising of the guṇas are presented as a natural outflow of Prakṛti’s own svabhāva (inherent constitution), not as an arbitrary act. The spider-thread image teaches that effects proceed from the cause’s own nature—supporting a Sāṅkhya-style view of causality and encouraging discernment of guṇa-driven phenomena.
In the didactic setting of Śānti Parva, Vyāsa continues an instruction on metaphysical principles: how the world of qualities and objects arises. He illustrates the process with a familiar analogy (a spider spinning its thread) to clarify that the manifested world is generated from Prakṛti itself, in accordance with its innate tendencies.