Shloka 47
कालयुक्तधर्मविवेकः
Discerning Dharma in Accord with Time
अल्पाबाधास्तथा केचिन्महाबाधास्तथापरे । दृश्यन्ते पुरुषा देव तन्मे व्याख्यातुमहसि
alpābādhās tathā kecin mahābādhās tathāpare | dṛśyante puruṣā deva tan me vyākhyātum arhasi ||
マヘーシュヴァラは言った。「おお主よ、ある者は小さな障碍にのみ悩まされ、ある者は大いなる災厄に取り囲まれる。人々がこのように不均等でさまざまな境遇に落ちているのが見える以上、この不均衡の原因は何であるのか。どうか詳しく説き明かしてほしい。」
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames an ethical-philosophical inquiry into why human beings experience unequal degrees of suffering, inviting an explanation in terms of moral causality (often developed as karma, past actions, and the workings of dharma).
Maheshvara addresses a divine interlocutor as “Deva” and asks for a detailed account of the reason some people face only small obstacles while others endure major calamities, highlighting the observed disparity in human fortunes.