Shloka 10
जपयोगयोः तुल्यफलनिर्णयः
Adhyāya 193: Adjudication of the Comparable Fruits of Japa and Yoga
स स्वर्गसदृशो देशस्तत्र हाक्ता:ः शुभा गुणा: । काले मृत्यु: प्रभवति स्पृशन्ति व्याधयो न च,वह देश स्वर्गके तुल्य है। वहाँ सभी शुभ गुणोंकी स्थिति बतायी गयी है। वहाँ समयपर ही मृत्यु होती है। रोग-व्याधि किसीका स्पर्श नहीं करते हैं
sa svargasadṛśo deśas tatra hāktāḥ śubhā guṇāḥ | kāle mṛtyuḥ prabhavati spṛśanti vyādhayo na ca ||
Bharadvāja said: “That region is like heaven itself. There, auspicious qualities are firmly established. Death comes only at its proper time, and diseases do not touch anyone.”
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
An ideal, dharmic order is portrayed as one where auspicious virtues prevail, life proceeds in harmony with proper time (kāla), and suffering such as disease is absent—suggesting that ethical and cosmic order together yield well-being.
Bharadvāja is describing a particular region as heaven-like, emphasizing its moral excellence and the resulting conditions: people die only when their time comes, and illnesses do not afflict them.