Shloka 23
Sanatsujāta-Āhvāna (Summoning Sanatsujāta) — Vidura’s Invocation and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Doubt
सनत्सुजात उवाच उभयमेव तत्रोपयुज्यते फलं धर्मस्यैवेतरस्य च,सनत्सुजातने कहा--राजन! धर्म और पाप दोनोंके पृथक्-पृथक् फल होते हैं और उन दोनोंका ही उपभोग करना पड़ता है
sanatsujāta uvāca | ubhayam eva tatropayujyate phalaṁ dharmasya evetarasya ca |
Sanatsujāta said: “O King, in that matter both results come to be experienced—the fruit of dharma and also the fruit of its opposite (adharma). Each bears its own distinct consequence, and one must undergo the enjoyment or suffering that follows from both.”
सनत्सुजात उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sanatsujāta teaches moral causality: dharma and adharma each produce their own distinct results, and a person must inevitably experience the consequences of both kinds of actions.
In the Udyoga Parva’s Sanatsujāta discourse, the sage instructs the king on ethical and spiritual principles, emphasizing that righteous and unrighteous deeds do not cancel each other but ripen into their respective fruits that must be undergone.