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 |
पराशर बोले— हे पार्थिव, यहाँ जो कर्म विवेकयुक्त होकर किये जाते हैं वे पुण्यरूप से संचित होते हैं; और जब उन्हीं के समान नये पुण्यकर्म फिर किये जाते हैं, तो वे पूर्वसंचय से जुड़कर और भी उत्तम पुण्य बन जाते हैं।
पराशर उवाच
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.