Shloka 45
धर्मनिन्दा–धर्मोपासनाफलम् तथा साध्वाचारलक्षणम्
Fruits of Disparaging vs. Observing Dharma; Marks of Good Conduct
ज्ञानविज्ञानसम्पन्न: संस्कृतो वेदपारग: । विप्रो भवति धर्मात्मा क्षत्रिय: स्वेन कर्मणा,इस प्रकार धर्मात्मा क्षत्रिय अपने कर्मसे जन्मान्तरमें ज्ञानविज्ञानसम्पन्न, संस्कारयुक्त तथा वेदोंका पारंगत विद्वान ब्राह्मण होता है
jñānavijñānasampannaḥ saṃskṛto vedapāragaḥ | vipro bhavati dharmātmā kṣatriyaḥ svena karmaṇā ||
Śrī Maheśvara said: By his own righteous conduct, a dharma-souled kṣatriya becomes—in a later birth—a brāhmaṇa: endowed with knowledge and realized understanding, refined by proper saṃskāra-s, and fully versed in the Vedas.
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that spiritual and social excellence is ethically earned: a righteous kṣatriya, through his own dharmic actions, can attain the status and qualities of a learned brāhmaṇa in a subsequent birth—marked by jñāna, vijñāna, refinement (saṃskāra), and Vedic mastery.
Śrī Maheśvara is instructing about the fruit of conduct and duty: he describes how the performance of one’s proper work with dharma transforms one’s future birth and capacities, emphasizing karma as the causal basis for higher learning and spiritual refinement.