Shloka 66
श्रेयो-धर्मकर्मविचारः
Inquiry into Śreyas, Dharma, and Karma
शुक्ल: शुक्लाभिजातीय: साध्यो नावर्ततेडनघ । तिर्यग्गतेश्व निर्मुक्तो निरयाच्च पितामह
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
śuklaḥ śuklābhijātīyaḥ sādhyo nāvartate 'nagha |
tiryaggateṣv anirmukto nirayāc ca pitāmaha ||
قال يودهيشثيرا: «يا جدّي الطاهر من الإثم، كان يُدعى “شوكلا”؛ وُلد من سلالةٍ نقية وكان نقيّ الطبع. ويبدو أنه كان حقًّا من آلهة “السادْهْيا”؛ ولذلك لا يعود مرةً أخرى إلى الوجود الدنيوي. لقد أُعتِق من السقوط في مواليد الحيوان والطير، ومن الجحيم أيضًا، يا جدّي.»
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Purity of conduct and accumulated merit can lead to freedom from lower rebirths (animal/bird births) and from hellish states; exceptionally, one may be understood as having a divine status (Sādhya), implying non-return to saṃsāra.
Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Bhīṣma, reflecting on a person named Śukla: he was pure by birth and nature, and Yudhiṣṭhira infers that he was a Sādhya deity, hence he does not return to worldly existence and is freed from animal births and hell.