Shloka 9
Adhyāya 122 — Śruta-vṛtta-yukta Brāhmaṇa and the Ethics of Dāna
Maitreya–Vyāsa Saṃvāda
सम्भूत: क्षत्रियकुले प्रसादादमितौजस:
sambhūtaḥ kṣatriyakule prasādād amitaujasaḥ | śvapākaśūdravaiśyānāṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ ca yoniṣu ||
Vyāsa berkata: “Berkat anugerah Sang Perkasa yang bertuah tak terukur, ia terlahir dalam keluarga Kṣatriya. Sesudah itu ia menjalani kelahiran demi kelahiran, berturut-turut di rahim para śvapāka, Śūdra, Vaiśya, dan juga Kṣatriya. Setelah mengembara melalui banyak wujud kehidupan, akhirnya—oleh kemurahan Vyāsa yang mulia dan bercahaya—ia kembali terlahir di kalangan Kṣatriya, lalu pergi menemui para mahārṣi itu.”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores karmic continuity across births and the possibility of uplift through merit and grace (prasāda). Social status and embodiment are shown as outcomes within a larger moral-causal order, not as permanent or absolute identities.
Vyāsa describes a being who, after moving through multiple births in various social categories (including outcaste, Śūdra, Vaiśya, and Kṣatriya), finally attains birth in a Kṣatriya family by grace and then approaches great sages for darśana (audience/vision).