Shloka 3
Adhyāya 314 — हिमवदाश्रमः, शक्तिक्षेपकथा, तथा स्वाध्यायविधिः
Himalayan Hermitage, the Myth of the Thrown Spear, and Rules of Vedic Study
सात््विकस्योत्तमं स्थानं राजसस्येह मध्यमम्
sāttvikasyottamaṃ sthānaṃ rājasasyeha madhyamam
Dijo Yājñavalkya: “Para quien está asentado en sattva, se alcanza el estado supremo; pero para quien es dominado por rajas, el fruto aquí no es más que una condición intermedia.”
याज़्वल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse ranks spiritual outcomes according to the predominance of guṇas: sattva leads to the highest attainment (a superior spiritual state), whereas rajas yields only an intermediate result. It encourages cultivation of clarity, restraint, and inner purity over passion-driven action.
In the didactic setting of the Śānti Parva, the sage Yājñavalkya is instructing on ethical-spiritual psychology, explaining how one’s inner disposition (sattva vs. rajas) determines the level of one’s attained ‘state’ or destination.