Shloka 94
Adhyaya 21 — Householder's Dharma
तद्वीर्यादधिकं यस्तु पुनरन्यत् स्वशक्तितः ।
निष्पादयति तं प्राज्ञाः प्रवादन्ति नरोत्तमम् ॥
tadvīryādadhikaṃ yastu punaranyat svaśaktitaḥ / niṣpādayati taṃ prājñāḥ pravadanti narottamam
पर जो अपने ही बल से, पितृदत्त पराक्रम से भी आगे बढ़कर कुछ अधिक और महान कर दिखाता है, उसे विद्वान पुरुषोत्तम कहते हैं।
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FAQs
The highest human type is defined by self-effort joined to virtue: one honors the past but does not depend on it—he adds new value through discipline, courage, and responsible agency.
Didactic dharma statement within vaṃśānucarita narrative setting; it is not cosmological enumeration but ethical classification attached to lineage discourse.
‘Surpassing inherited valor’ points to transcending conditioning: moving beyond what is merely given (birth/saṃskāra) into consciously cultivated excellence—spiritual evolution through deliberate practice.