Shloka 21
Akṣara–Kṣara Viveka: Vasiṣṭha–Karāla-Janaka Saṃvāda (अक्षर-क्षर विवेकः)
एवं कर्माणि यानीह बुद्धियुक्तानि पार्थिव । समानि चैव यानीह तानि पुण्यतमान्यपि
evaṁ karmāṇi yānīha buddhiyuktāni pārthiva | samāni caiva yānīha tāni puṇyatamāny api, rājan |
পৰাশৰে ক’লে— হে পাৰ্থিব, ইয়াত বিবেকযুক্ত বুদ্ধিৰে কৰা কৰ্মসমূহ পুণ্যৰূপে সঞ্চিত হয়; আৰু সেইধৰণৰ নতুন পুণ্যকৰ্ম পুনৰ কৰা হ’লে, সেয়া পূৰ্বসঞ্চয়ৰ সৈতে যুক্ত হৈ অধিক উৎকৃষ্ট পুণ্য হয়।
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Merit grows cumulatively: discerning, well-directed virtuous actions create a store of puṇya, and later similar good deeds merge with and increase that store, making one’s moral-spiritual capital stronger.
Parāśara instructs a king using a household analogy: as added water increases the total in a jar by mixing with what is already there, so new virtuous deeds combine with previously accumulated merit to produce greater excellence in righteousness.