अग्नेर्यथा दारुवियोगयोगयो-रदृष्टतोऽन्यन्न निमित्तमस्ति । एवं हि जन्तोरपि दुर्विभाव्य:शरीरसंयोगवियोगहेतु: ॥ ५१ ॥
agner yathā dāru-viyoga-yogayor adṛṣṭato ’nyan na nimittam asti evaṁ hi jantor api durvibhāvyaḥ śarīra-saṁyoga-viyoga-hetuḥ
- agneḥ
- of a fire in the forest
- yathā
- as
- dāru
- of wood
- viyoga-yogayoḥ
- of both the escaping and the capturing
- adṛṣṭataḥ
- than unseen providence
- anyat
- some other reason or accident
- na
- not
- nimittam
- a cause
- asti
- there is
- evam
- in this way
- hi
- certainly
- jantoḥ
- of the living being
- api
- indeed
- durvibhāvyaḥ
- cannot be found out
- śarīra
- of the body
- saṁyoga
- of the accepting
- viyoga
- or of the giving up
- hetuḥ
- the cause
When a fire, for some unseen reason, leaps over one piece of wood and sets fire to the next, the reason is destiny. Similarly, when a living being accepts one kind of body and leaves aside another, there is no other reason than unseen destiny.