यथा प्रयान्ति संयान्ति स्रोतोवेगेन बालुका: । संयुज्यन्ते वियुज्यन्ते तथा कालेन देहिन: ॥ ३ ॥
yatha prayanti samyanti sroto-vegena balukah samyujyante viyujyante tatha kalena dehinah
- yatha
- just as
- prayanti
- move apart
- samyanti
- come together
- srotah-vegena
- by the force of waves
- balukah
- the small particles of sand
- samyujyante
- they are united
- viyujyante
- they are separated
- tatha
- similarly
- kalena
- by time
- dehinah
- the living entities who have accepted material bodies.
O King, as small particles of sand sometimes come together and are sometimes separated due to the force of the waves, the living entities who have accepted material bodies sometimes come together and are sometimes separated by the force of time.