Shloka 25
अध्याय २९४ — योगलक्षणम् तथा सांख्यपरिसंख्यानम्
Yoga Definition and Sāṃkhya Enumeration
न संकरेण द्रविणं प्रचिन्वीयाद् विचक्षण: । धर्मार्थ न्यायमुत्सूज्य न तत् कल्याणमुच्यते,बुद्धिमान् पुरुषको चाहिये कि वह धर्म करनेके लिये नन््यायको त्यागकर पापमिश्रित मार्गसे धनका संग्रह न करे; क्योंकि उसे कल्याणकारी नहीं बताया जाता है
na saṅkareṇa draviṇaṁ pracinvīyād vicakṣaṇaḥ | dharmārtha-nyāyam utsṛjya na tat kalyāṇam ucyate ||
A discerning person should not accumulate wealth through tainted or mixed means. If one abandons justice and dharma for the sake of gain, that is not regarded as truly beneficial.
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Wealth should be acquired only through clean, just, and dharmic means; abandoning nyāya (justice) and dharma for artha (gain) is not true kalyāṇa (welfare).
In Śānti Parva’s instruction-oriented discourse, the sage Parāśara delivers a moral maxim: the wise should avoid accumulating riches through tainted methods, emphasizing that unethical gain cannot be called genuinely beneficial.