Shloka 1
अध्याय २९७ — श्रेयः, धृति, दान-नियमाः
Welfare, Steadfastness, and Norms of Giving
राजन! संसारमें पिता, सखा, गुरुजन और स्त्रियाँ--ये कोई भी उसके नहीं होते, जो सर्वथा गुणहीन हैं; किंतु जो प्रभुके अनन्य भक्त, प्रियवादी, हितैषी और इन्द्रियविजयी हैं, वे ही उसके होते हैं अर्थात् उसका त्याग नहीं करते
rājan! saṃsāre pitā sakhā gurujanāḥ striyaś ca—ete ko'pi tasya na bhavanti yo'ntyantaṃ guṇahīnaḥ; kintu ye prabhoḥ ananya-bhaktāḥ priyavādinaḥ hitaiṣiṇa indriya-jayinaś ca te eva tasya bhavanti, arthāt taṃ na tyajanti.
Parāśara dijo: «Oh rey, en este mundo ni el padre, ni el amigo, ni los mayores y maestros, ni siquiera las esposas permanecen de veras junto a quien está por completo falto de virtud. Pero quienes son devotos exclusivos del Señor, quienes hablan palabras gratas y veraces, quienes buscan el bien ajeno y han vencido a sus sentidos—solo esos se mantienen a su lado; no lo abandonan».
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Worldly ties are unreliable for a person who lacks virtue; lasting support comes from the company of the virtuous—especially those devoted to the Lord, kind in speech, benevolent, and self-controlled—who do not forsake one in adversity.
Parāśara addresses a king and offers moral instruction: he contrasts the instability of ordinary social relations around a thoroughly unvirtuous person with the steadfast loyalty of spiritually and ethically disciplined companions.