Shloka 22
अव्यक्त-प्रबोधः (Awakening to the Unmanifest): The 25th and 26th Principles and Eligibility for Brahma-vidyā
विशेषधर्मा नृपते वर्णानां परिकीर्तिता: । धर्मान् साधारणांस्तात विस्तरेण शृणुष्व मे,महाराज! ये वर्णोंके विशेष धर्म बताये गये हैं। तात! अब उनके साधारण धर्मोंका विस्तारपूर्वक वर्णन मुझसे सुनो
viśeṣa-dharmā nṛpate varṇānāṁ parikīrtitāḥ | dharmān sādhāraṇāṁs tāta vistareṇa śṛṇuṣva me, mahārāja ||
王よ、諸ヴァルナの特別の務めはすでに説き明かした。今は、愛しき者よ――偉大なる王よ――万人に及ぶ共通の務めを、わたしが詳しく語るゆえ、聞くがよい。
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
After outlining varṇa-specific obligations, the speaker turns to sādhāraṇa-dharma—universal ethical duties that bind all people regardless of social role—emphasizing that righteousness has both contextual (special) and universal (common) dimensions.
Parāśara addresses a king, noting that the discussion of special duties has been completed and announcing the next section: a detailed exposition of the general duties shared by all.