Shloka 36
नरनारायण-नारदसंवादः
Nara-Nārāyaṇa–Nārada Discourse on Vision, Elements, and Entry into Vāsudeva
न धनेन न राज्येन नोग्रेण तपसा तथा । स्वभावमतिवर्तन्ते ये नियुक्ता: शरीरिण:,विधाताके द्वारा कर्मफल-भोगमें नियुक्त हुए देहधारी मनुष्य धन, राज्य तथा कठोर तपस्याके प्रभावसे प्रकृतिका उल्लंघन नहीं कर सकते
na dhanena na rājyena nogreṇa tapasā tathā | svabhāvam ativartante ye niyuktāḥ śarīriṇaḥ ||
Nārada sprach: „Die verkörperten Wesen, die vom Ordner dazu bestimmt sind, die Früchte ihrer Taten zu erfahren, können ihre eigene Natur nicht überschreiten — weder durch Reichtum noch durch Herrschaft noch selbst durch strenge Askese.“
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Wealth, political power, and even intense austerity cannot cancel the ordained experience of one’s karmic results or allow a person to leap beyond their inherent nature (svabhāva). Ethical effort matters, but it operates within the moral law of karma and the limits of embodied existence.
In Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, Nārada delivers instruction on the workings of destiny, karma, and human limitation, emphasizing that external means (riches, rule) or extreme asceticism do not override the dispensation that assigns embodied beings to experience the fruits of their actions.