Shloka 51
Adhyāya 199: Karma–Jñāna Causality and the Nirguṇa Brahman
Manu’s Instruction
राजोवाच कृतं सर्वेण भद्रं ते जप्यं यद् याचितं मया । स्वस्ति ते5स्तु गमिष्यामि किड्च तस्य फलं वद
rājovāca kṛtaṃ sarveṇa bhadraṃ te japyaṃ yad yācitaṃ mayā | svasti te 'stu gamiṣyāmi kiñca tasya phalaṃ vada ||
ພະຣາຊາກ່າວວ່າ: «ທຸກຢ່າງສຳເລັດແລ້ວ; ສິ່ງທີ່ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຂໍຈາກທ່ານເກືອບກ່ຽວກັບຜົນແຫ່ງການສວດຈະປະອັນສັກສິດນັ້ນ ກໍໄດ້ສຳເລັດຄົບຖ້ວນ. ຂໍໃຫ້ທ່ານມີຄວາມດີ ແລະ ຄວາມສຸກ. ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຈະໄປແລ້ວ—ແຕ່ຂໍຈົ່ງບອກວ່າ ຜົນຂອງການປະຕິບັດນັ້ນແມ່ນຫຍັງ?»
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the dharmic concern for understanding not only the performance of a religious act (japa) but also its ethical and spiritual outcome (phala). It frames practice as meaningful when its purpose and result are clearly understood.
The king addresses a Brahmin, expressing that his request concerning a sacred recitation has been satisfied, offers blessings, and prepares to leave—yet he asks the Brahmin to state explicitly what fruit or benefit that recitation yields.