Shloka 22
Vānaprastha-vṛtti and the Transition toward the Fourth Āśrama (वानप्रस्थवृत्तिः चतुर्थाश्रमोपक्रमश्च)
एतेष्वपि हि जातेषु फलजातानि मे शृणु । जातस्य पार्थिविश्वर्य: सृष्टिरत्र विधीयते
eteṣv api hi jāteṣu phalajāṭāni me śṛṇu | jātasya pārthivaiśvaryaḥ sṛṣṭir atra vidhīyate ||
Vyāsa said: “Even when these signs have manifested, listen from me to the fruits that arise from them. When worldly sovereignty has been attained, there is, in this context, the granting of a power of creation—an ability to bring forth and arrange outcomes.”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse distinguishes signs of attainment from their consequences: once certain yogic marks have appeared, specific results follow. Among these is the capacity for ‘sṛṣṭi’—a creative, outcome-shaping power—especially connected with the attainment of worldly sovereignty, implying that extraordinary capacities can arise and therefore require ethical restraint.
Vyāsa continues an instructional discourse in the Śānti Parva, telling the listener to hear the fruits that follow the manifestation of earlier-described yogic signs, and he introduces a particular result: after achieving earthly lordship, a yogin may gain a creative power (sṛṣṭi-śakti) within the framework of this teaching.