Shloka 23
अध्याय २९४ — योगलक्षणम् तथा सांख्यपरिसंख्यानम्
Yoga Definition and Sāṃkhya Enumeration
प्रत्यतिष्ठं श्ष॒ तेष्वेव तान्येव स्थापयन्त्यपि । भजन्ते तानि चाद्यापि ये बालिशतरा नरा:
pratyatiṣṭhaṃs teṣv eva tāny eva sthāpayanty api | bhajante tāni cādyāpi ye bāliśatarā narāḥ ||
Dijo Parāśara: Quienes son sumamente necios permanecen aferrados a esas mismas disposiciones (asúricas); incluso las restablecen y las promueven, y hasta el día de hoy siguen apegándose a ellas y cultivándolas de todas las maneras.
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Extreme folly is not passive: it keeps a person rooted in harmful, asuric patterns and even leads them to reinforce and spread those patterns. Ethical progress requires recognizing and abandoning such dispositions rather than revalidating them.
Parāśara is instructing his listener within the Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, describing how certain people—due to deep ignorance—continue to uphold and practice the same destructive attitudes, instead of turning toward dharma and discernment.