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 colère naît chez les égarés ; comment pourrait-elle appartenir aux sages? Mon enfant, qui tue qui, puisque chacun goûte inévitablement le fruit de ses propres actes?
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.