Adhyaya 48 — The Emanation of Beings from Brahma: Night, Day, Twilight, and the Orders of Creation
भवन्ति बलिनोऽधृष्या विपक्षाणां न संशयः ।
तद्विपर्यमासाद्य प्रयान्ति च विपर्ययम् ॥
bhavanti balino 'dhṛṣyā vipakṣāṇāṃ na saṃśayaḥ / tad-viparyayam āsādya prayānti ca viparyayam
وہ اپنے مخالفین کے مقابلے میں طاقتور اور ناقابلِ تسخیر ہو جاتے ہیں—اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔ مگر جب مخالف وقت آ پہنچے تو وہ بھی الٹ پھیر/انقلابِ حال سے گزرتے ہیں۔
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Power is contingent and cyclic; arrogance during one’s ‘favorable time’ is misguided. Ethically, it advocates humility and vigilance because conditions inevitably turn.
Sarga-context teaching about the operational order of created beings within time—how their capacities wax and wane.
A guṇa-reading: when sattva/rajas/tamas shift, the inner ‘forces’ that seem invincible lose ground—inviting practitioners to act when clarity prevails and refrain when delusion dominates.