Shloka 48
Adhyāya 287 — Janaka’s Inquiry on Śreyas, Abhayadāna, and Asaṅga
Non-attachment
येन खट्वां समारूढ: कर्मणानुशयी भवेत् | आदितस्तन्न कर्तव्यमिच्छता भवमात्मन:
yena khaṭvāṃ samārūḍhaḥ karmaṇānuśayī bhavet | āditas tan na kartavyam icchatā bhavam ātmanaḥ ||
ナーラダは言った。「ある行いによって人がついに『寝台に上る』、すなわち臨終に無力に伏し、なお業の残滓を負うことになるなら、真に己の久遠の利益を求める者は、初めからその行いに手を染めてはならぬ。」
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Choose actions from the outset that do not leave a lingering karmic residue; a person seeking true self-welfare should avoid deeds that will bind the mind with regret, attachment, or unresolved consequences at life’s end.
In Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, Nārada delivers counsel on right conduct: he warns that actions leading to bondage and ‘deathbed helplessness’ with karmic remainder should be rejected at the very beginning by one intent on genuine good.