Shloka 42
Gārhasthya-Śreṣṭhatā and Kṣatriya-Daṇḍadhāraṇa
Householder Primacy and the Royal Duty of Punishment
ततस्तमब्रवीच्छंखस्तपसेदं कृतं मया । मा च तेऊत्र विशंकाभूद् दैवमत्र विधीयते
tatastam abravīc chaṅkhas tapasedaṃ kṛtaṃ mayā | mā ca te ’tra viśaṅkābhūd daivam atra vidhīyate ||
បន្ទាប់មក សង្ខៈ បាននិយាយទៅកាន់គាត់ថា៖ «រឿងនេះ ខ្ញុំបានសម្រេចដោយអំណាចតបស្យា។ កុំឲ្យមានសង្ស័យក្នុងចិត្តអ្នកឡើយ។ នៅទីនេះ អ្វីដែលវាសនាបានកំណត់ កំពុងត្រូវបាននាំឲ្យសម្រេចពេញលេញ»។
शंख उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse reconciles human effort and destiny: disciplined austerity (tapas) can be the means through which what is divinely ordained (daiva) comes to fruition, so one should not be paralyzed by doubt.
Śaṅkha addresses another person to remove his uncertainty, asserting that the outcome has been achieved through Śaṅkha’s austerities and that the divine order is being fulfilled in this situation.