Shloka 19
Vidyā–Avidyā and the Twenty-Fifth Principle
Sāṃkhya–Yoga Clarification
मर्त्यलोके च राजानो ये चान्ये गृहमेधिन: । महाकुलेषु दृश्यन्ते तत् सर्व तपस: फलम्,मर्त्यलोकमें भी जो राजे-महाराजे तथा अन्यान्य गृहस्थ महान् कुलोंमें उत्पन्न देखे जाते हैं, वह सब उनकी तपस्याका ही फल है
martyaloke ca rājāno ye cānye gṛhamedhinaḥ | mahākuleṣu dṛśyante tat sarvaṃ tapasaḥ phalam ||
Parāśara said: “In the human world, the kings and rulers—and likewise other householders—who are seen to be born and established in great and noble lineages: all of that is the fruit of austerity (tapas).”
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
High status in society—such as kingship or birth in an eminent lineage—is presented as the karmic fruit of tapas (austerity/discipline), emphasizing moral causality rather than mere chance or pride of birth.
In Śānti Parva, Parāśara is instructing about the results of spiritual discipline, pointing to visible worldly prosperity and noble birth among rulers and householders as outcomes produced by prior austerity.