Shloka 17
मैत्रेयप्रश्नः—पुराणसंहिताप्रतिज्ञा च
Maitreya’s Questions and Parāśara’s Resolve to Teach
मूढानाम् एष भवति क्रोधो ज्ञानवतां कुतः हन्यते तात कः केन यतः स्वकृतभुक् पुमान्
mūḍhānām eṣa bhavati krodho jñānavatāṃ kutaḥ hanyate tāta kaḥ kena yataḥ svakṛtabhuk pumān
La ira nace en los necios; ¿cómo habría de morar en los sabios? Hijo mío, ¿quién mata a quién, si cada cual ha de gustar el fruto de sus propios actos?
Sage Parāśara
FAQs
It teaches that suffering and enjoyment arise from one’s own past actions, so blaming others is ignorance and anger is misplaced.
He contrasts the deluded, who become angry by misattributing agency, with the wise, who see karmic causality and remain composed.
By grounding events in moral causality within universal order, the text supports a Vishnu-governed cosmos where dharma operates and the wise align themselves with that divine order.