Shloka 7
Adhyāya 96: Nārada Guides Mātali in Varuṇa’s Realm
Varuṇa-loka Darśana
इनके सिवा ये दूसरे जो मनुष्य, पशु, पक्षी तथा जीवलोकमें विचरनेवाले अन्यान्य तिर्यग्योनिके प्राणी हैं, वे अल्पकालमें ही कालके गालमें चले जाते हैं ।।
imeṣāṃ śeṣā ye ’nye manuṣyāḥ paśavaḥ pakṣiṇaś ca jīvaloke vicaranā anye ’nye tiryagyonayaḥ prāṇinaḥ, te ’lpakālenaiva kālasya gāle praviśanti. bhūyiṣṭhena tu rājānaḥ śriyaṃ bhuktvā āyuṣaḥ kṣaye mṛtyum upetya sukṛtaduṣkṛtayoḥ phalaṃ bhoktuṃ punaḥ taruṇāḥ pratipadyante.
除这些之外，世间往来活动的其他众生——人类、走兽、飞禽，以及种种出自非人胎类的旁生之属——都在短暂之间被时间迅速吞没。然而诸王多半在享尽王者的荣华之后，寿命既终而遭逢死亡，便再取一具年轻的新生，以受自作善恶之业的果报。
कण्व उवाच
Educational Q&A
All embodied beings are quickly overtaken by Time, and even powerful kings—after enjoying prosperity—must face death and then reap the consequences of their actions through further births. Royal status does not exempt one from karma and impermanence.
Kaṇva is reflecting on mortality and the karmic cycle: ordinary creatures perish swiftly, while kings typically pass from worldly splendor to death and then return to embodied life to experience the fruits of merit and demerit.