Shloka 9
Adhyāya 122 — Śruta-vṛtta-yukta Brāhmaṇa and the Ethics of Dāna
Maitreya–Vyāsa Saṃvāda
सम्भूत: क्षत्रियकुले प्रसादादमितौजस:
sambhūtaḥ kṣatriyakule prasādād amitaujasaḥ | śvapākaśūdravaiśyānāṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ ca yoniṣu ||
ພຣະວະຍາສະກ່າວວ່າ: “ໂດຍພຣະກຸສົນແຫ່ງຜູ້ມີອານຸພາບຍິ່ງ ລາວໄດ້ເກີດໃນຕະກູນກະສັດ (Kṣatriya). ຫຼັງຈາກນັ້ນ ລາວໄດ້ຜ່ານການເກີດຕໍ່ໆກັນ ໃນຄັນຂອງຜູ້ນອກວັນນະ (śvapāka), ຊູດຣະ, ໄວສະຍະ ແລະກະສັດດ້ວຍ. ເມື່ອທ່ອງທ່ຽວໃນຮູບພົບຫຼາຍປະການແລ້ວ ທ້າຍທີ່ສຸດ ໂດຍພຣະເມດຕາຂອງພຣະວະຍາສະຜູ້ຮຸ່ງເຮືອງ ລາວໄດ້ເກີດອີກຄັ້ງໃນຕະກູນກະສັດ ແລະໄດ້ໄປເຂົ້າເຝົ້າມະຫາິສີເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນ.”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores karmic continuity across births and the possibility of uplift through merit and grace (prasāda). Social status and embodiment are shown as outcomes within a larger moral-causal order, not as permanent or absolute identities.
Vyāsa describes a being who, after moving through multiple births in various social categories (including outcaste, Śūdra, Vaiśya, and Kṣatriya), finally attains birth in a Kṣatriya family by grace and then approaches great sages for darśana (audience/vision).