Shloka 32
Gṛhastha-vṛtti and Niyama: Models of Householder Livelihood and Discipline (गृहस्थवृत्ति-नियमाः)
धर्म करोमीति करोत्यधर्म- मधर्मकामश्न करोति धर्मम् | उभे बाल: कर्मणी न प्रजानन् स जायते म्रियते चापि देही
dharmaṃ karomīti karoty adharmaṃ dharmakāmaś ca karoti dharmam | ubhe bālaḥ karmaṇī na prajānann sa jāyate mriyate cāpi dehī ||
ヴィヤーサは言った。「迷える者は『私はダルマを行っている』と思いながら、実はアダルマをなすことがある。ダルマを希求する者でさえ、混乱と悲嘆によって、それに背く行いに至ることがある。二つの行為のいずれをも真に理解しないまま、幼く分別なき身ある者は無明のうちに行い—ある時はアダルマを『ダルマ』と呼び、ある時はアダルマを意図しつつダルマを生み—かくして幾度も生まれ、幾度も死ぬ。」
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Without discernment, a person can mislabel actions—doing adharma while believing it to be dharma, or producing dharma while intending adharma. Such ignorance-bound action sustains saṃsāra, leading to repeated birth and death.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on right conduct and liberation-oriented ethics, Vyāsa explains to the listener that moral intention alone is insufficient; clear understanding of dharma is required, otherwise one remains trapped in the cycle of rebirth.