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Shloka 15

Adhyāya 290: Sāṃkhya-vidhi, Deha-doṣa, Guṇa-vicāra, and Mokṣa-gati

Bhīṣma–Yudhiṣṭhira Dialogue

इसके उत्तरमें यह कहा जा सकता है कि मरकर गये हुए प्राणी पूर्वजन्ममें किये हुए कर्मोको सदैव याद नहीं रख सकते। किंतु जब किसी पूर्वकृत कर्मका फल प्राप्त होता है तब वे ही लोग सदा (मन

lokayātrāśrayaś caiva śabdo vedāśrayaḥ kṛtaḥ | śāntyarthaṃ manasas tāta naitad vṛddhānuśāsanam, tāta ||

Dijo Parāśara: «A esto puede responderse que los seres que han muerto no pueden recordar siempre las acciones realizadas en una vida anterior. Pero cuando llega el fruto de algún acto pasado, ellos mismos evocan las cuatro clases de acción—por la mente, por la palabra, por la mirada y por el obrar—y dicen: “Debí de haber hecho algo así en un nacimiento previo, pues de este modo se me presenta el resultado”. Algunos incrédulos afirman además que la autoridad de las palabras védicas se acepta sólo para sostener la vida mundana y aquietar la mente; pero, hijo mío, esa no es la enseñanza de los sabios antiguos.»

लोकयात्राworldly livelihood / conduct of life
लोकयात्रा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootलोकयात्रा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
आश्रयःsupport; basis; dependence
आश्रयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआश्रय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed; just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
शब्दःword; utterance (Vedic injunction)
शब्दः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशब्द
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वेदthe Veda
वेद:
TypeNoun
Rootवेद
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
आश्रयःhaving as support; based on
आश्रयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआश्रय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कृतःmade; established
कृतः:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
शान्तिfor peace; for tranquillity
शान्ति:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootशान्ति
FormFeminine, Dative, Singular
अर्थम्for the sake/purpose
अर्थम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअर्थ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
मनसःof the mind
मनसः:
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
तातdear one; son (address)
तात:
TypeNoun
Rootतात
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
वृद्धof the elders / learned seniors
वृद्ध:
TypeAdjective
Rootवृद्ध
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
अनुशासनम्instruction; teaching
अनुशासनम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअनुशासन
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तातdear one (address)
तात:
TypeNoun
Rootतात
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

पराशर उवाच

P
Parāśara

Educational Q&A

Parāśara rejects the view that Vedic injunctions are merely pragmatic tools for livelihood or psychological comfort. He affirms that the Veda is upheld by the wise as genuine authority, consistent with moral causality: actions have real consequences, not merely consolatory narratives.

In the Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, Parāśara addresses a listener (“tāta”) and counters nāstika-style skepticism. He insists that the elders’ tradition does not reduce Vedic teaching to social utility or mental pacification, but treats it as a serious guide to dharma and karmic order.