Shloka 2
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 30: Sañjaya’s Departure and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Commission of Greetings
उत बालाय पाण्डित्यं पण्डितायोत बालताम् | ददाति सर्वमीशान: पुरस्ताच्छुक्रमुच्चरन्
uta bālāya pāṇḍityaṃ paṇḍitāyota bālatām | dadāti sarvam īśānaḥ purastāc chukram uccaran |
Yudhiṣṭhira berkata: “Tuhan, Penguasa tertinggi, menganugerahkan segalanya. Sambil memaklumkan titah purba yang bercahaya, Ia dapat memberi kepandaian kepada orang yang kekanak-kanakan, dan memberi kekanak-kanakan kepada orang yang terpelajar. Sesuai perbuatan masa lampau makhluk, Ia membagikan segala macam hasil; Ia pula yang menjadikan si bodoh sebagai cendekia dan si cendekia menjadi bodoh.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
That outcomes such as wisdom or folly are ultimately under the Lord’s governance and are dispensed in accordance with prior karma; therefore one should remain humble and ethically steady rather than proud of learning or contemptuous of others.
In the Udyoga Parva’s deliberations before the great war, Yudhiṣṭhira reflects on moral causality and divine control, emphasizing that the rise and fall of human capacities (like intelligence) occur according to a higher order linked to past actions.