Shloka 47
कालयुक्तधर्मविवेकः
Discerning Dharma in Accord with Time
अल्पाबाधास्तथा केचिन्महाबाधास्तथापरे । दृश्यन्ते पुरुषा देव तन्मे व्याख्यातुमहसि
alpābādhās tathā kecin mahābādhās tathāpare | dṛśyante puruṣā deva tan me vyākhyātum arhasi ||
Maheshvara said: “O Lord, some people are afflicted only by minor obstacles, while others are beset by great calamities. Since men are seen to fall into such unequal and varied conditions, what is the cause of this disparity? Please explain it to me in detail.”
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames an ethical-philosophical inquiry into why human beings experience unequal degrees of suffering, inviting an explanation in terms of moral causality (often developed as karma, past actions, and the workings of dharma).
Maheshvara addresses a divine interlocutor as “Deva” and asks for a detailed account of the reason some people face only small obstacles while others endure major calamities, highlighting the observed disparity in human fortunes.