Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 108: Jābāli Speaks the Philosophy of Materialism
Text 2.108.3
कः कस्य पुरुषो बन्धुः किमाप्यं कस्य केनचित्।
यदेको जायते जन्तुरेक एव विनश्यति॥
kaḥ kasya puruṣo bandhuḥ kim āpyaṁ kasya kenacit
yad eko jāyate jantur eka eva vinaśyati
kaḥ = which; kasya = is whose; puruṣaḥ = man; bandhuḥ = relative; kim = and what; āpyam = should be attained; kasya = for whom; kenacit = by which means; yat = because; ekaḥ = alone; jāyate = takes birth; jantuḥ = a creature; ekaḥ eva = alone; vinaśyati = and perishes.
Because a creature takes birth alone and perishes alone, which man is whose relative and what should be attained by which means for whom?