Shloka 116
Adhyāya 199: Karma–Jñāna Causality and the Nirguṇa Brahman
Manu’s Instruction
नायं धारयते किज्चिज्जिज्ञासा त्वत्कृते कृता । कालो धर्मस्तथा मृत्यु: कामक्रोधौ तथा युवाम्
nāyaṃ dhārayate kiñcij jijñāsā tvat-kṛte kṛtā | kālo dharmas tathā mṛtyuḥ kāma-krodhau tathā yuvām ||
ວິຣູປະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ຜູ້ນີ້ບໍ່ແບກຫາບຫຍັງເລີຍ—ບໍ່ມີພາລະ ບໍ່ມີໜີ້ສິນ—ແລະກໍບໍ່ມີໜີ້ອັນໃດທີ່ຕ້ອງຊົດໃຫ້ຂ້ອຍເນື່ອງຈາກເຂົາ. ທັງໝົດນີ້ເປັນພຽງການຫຼິ້ນທີ່ພວກເຮົາຈັດຂຶ້ນເພື່ອທົດລອງເຈົ້າ. ກາລະ, ທັມມະ, ມໍຣະນະ, ກາມະ, ໂກຣະທະ—ແລະເຈົ້າທັງສອງດ້ວຍ—ລ້ວນຖືກທົດສອບກັນແລະກັນ ດັ່ງການທົດຄ່າດ້ວຍຫີນທົດຄໍາ ຕໍ່ໜ້າຕາເຈົ້າ. ບັດນີ້ ໄປສູ່ໂລກທີ່ເຈົ້າຊະນະໄດ້ດ້ວຍກຳຂອງຕົນ ຕາມທີ່ເຈົ້າປາດຖະໜາ».
विरूप उवाच
Educational Q&A
True worth is revealed through testing: one’s conduct is weighed against Dharma amid forces like time, death, desire, and anger. The verse affirms that ethical victory is earned by one’s own karma, leading to the attainment of higher realms.
Virūpa explains that the preceding events were staged as a deliberate examination of the addressee(s). The cosmic principles—Time, Dharma, Death, Desire, and Anger—have been set in mutual comparison as a ‘touchstone’ test, after which the tested person(s) are told to proceed to the worlds merited by their deeds.