Shloka 26
धर्मस्य बहुद्वारत्वम् — Nārada’s Audience with Indra (Śānti-parva 340)
पश्य देवस्य माहात्म्यं महिमानं च नारद | शुभाशुभै: कर्मभियों न लिप्पति कदाचन,“नारद! उस परमात्मदेवका माहात्म्य और महिमा तो देखो, जो शुभाशुभ कर्मोंसे कभी लिप्त नहीं होता है
paśya devasya māhātmyaṃ mahimānaṃ ca nārada | śubhāśubhaiḥ karmabhiḥ na lipyate kadācana ||
Bhishma dit : « Vois, ô Nārada, la grandeur et la majesté du Divin. Que les actes soient fastes ou néfastes, Il n’en est jamais souillé. »
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The Supreme Divine remains untouched by the moral coloring of actions—good or bad. This underscores divine transcendence: while beings accrue merit and demerit through karma, the Lord is not bound or stained by karma’s results.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction, Bhīṣma addresses the sage Nārada, drawing attention to the Lord’s incomparable glory and emphasizing that, unlike embodied beings, the Divine is never contaminated by auspicious or inauspicious deeds.