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 |
ユディシュティラは言った。「主にして至高の統御者は、すべてを授ける。古く光輝ある定めを宣して、幼子のごとき者に学知を与え、また学ある者に幼稚さを与えることもできる。衆生の前世の業に従い、あらゆる果報を分かち与えるのもまたその御方である。」
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.