Shloka 14
जपयोगयोः तुल्यफलनिर्णयः
Adhyāya 193: Adjudication of the Comparable Fruits of Japa and Yoga
इह धर्मपरा: केचित् केचिन्नैकृतिका नरा: । सुखिता दुःखिता: केचिन्निर्थना धनिनो5परे
iha dharmaparāḥ kecit kecin naikṛtikā narāḥ | sukhitā duḥkhitāḥ kecin nirdhanā dhaninō 'pare ||
قال بهاردفاجا: «هنا في عالم البشر، قومٌ يلتزمون بالدارما، وقومٌ آخرون مخادعون في سلوكهم. لذلك يعيش بعضهم في سعادة وبعضهم في شقاء؛ ويغدو بعضهم أغنياء بينما يسقط آخرون في الفقر.»
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
Human outcomes such as happiness/suffering and wealth/poverty are linked to moral orientation: devotion to dharma versus deceitful conduct. The verse frames social differences as ethically meaningful, inviting self-examination and commitment to righteous behavior.
In the Śānti Parva’s instructional setting, Bharadvāja speaks as a teacher, observing the variety of human character in the world—some righteous, some fraudulent—and pointing to the resulting diversity of life conditions.