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Shloka 21

Akṣara–Kṣara Viveka: Vasiṣṭha–Karāla-Janaka Saṃvāda (अक्षर-क्षर विवेकः)

एवं कर्माणि यानीह बुद्धियुक्तानि पार्थिव । समानि चैव यानीह तानि पुण्यतमान्यपि

evaṁ karmāṇi yānīha buddhiyuktāni pārthiva | samāni caiva yānīha tāni puṇyatamāny api, rājan |

Parāśara dit : «Ô roi, lorsque l’on accomplit ici des actes avec une intelligence discernante, ces actes méritoires s’accumulent. Et lorsque l’on accomplit encore des actes méritoires du même ordre, ils se joignent au trésor antérieur — comme l’eau fraîche versée dans une jarre bien cuite déjà remplie d’eau se mêle à celle qui s’y trouve et l’augmente. Ainsi, le mérite réuni devient plus excellent encore, et l’auteur devient grandement méritant.»

एवम्thus, in this manner
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
कर्माणिactions, deeds
कर्माणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural
यानिwhich
यानि:
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural
इहhere, in this world/context
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
बुद्धियुक्तानिendowed with discernment; done with understanding
बुद्धियुक्तानि:
TypeAdjective
Rootबुद्धियुक्त
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural
पार्थिवO king (earth-lord)
पार्थिव:
TypeNoun
Rootपार्थिव
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
समानिsimilar, equal
समानि:
TypeAdjective
Rootसमान
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
यानिwhich
यानि:
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural
इहhere
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
तानिthose
तानि:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural
पुण्यतमानिmost meritorious, exceedingly virtuous
पुण्यतमानि:
TypeAdjective
Rootपुण्यतम
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural
अपिeven, also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

पराशर उवाच

P
Parāśara
K
King (rājan/pārthiva)

Educational Q&A

Merit grows cumulatively: discerning, well-directed virtuous actions create a store of puṇya, and later similar good deeds merge with and increase that store, making one’s moral-spiritual capital stronger.

Parāśara instructs a king using a household analogy: as added water increases the total in a jar by mixing with what is already there, so new virtuous deeds combine with previously accumulated merit to produce greater excellence in righteousness.