Shloka 66
श्रेयो-धर्मकर्मविचारः
Inquiry into Śreyas, Dharma, and Karma
शुक्ल: शुक्लाभिजातीय: साध्यो नावर्ततेडनघ । तिर्यग्गतेश्व निर्मुक्तो निरयाच्च पितामह
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
śuklaḥ śuklābhijātīyaḥ sādhyo nāvartate 'nagha |
tiryaggateṣv anirmukto nirayāc ca pitāmaha ||
ຢຸທິສຖິຣະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ພິຕາມະຫະ ຜູ້ບໍ່ມີບາບ! ຜູ້ນັ້ນຊື່ ‘ສຸກລະ’—ເກີດຈາກວົງສານບໍລິສຸດ ແລະ ບໍລິສຸດໂດຍທໍາມະຊາດ. ເບິ່ງຄືວ່າທ່ານເປັນເທວະດາກຸ່ມ ‘ສາທຍະ’ ຢ່າງແທ້ຈິງ; ດັ່ງນັ້ນຈຶ່ງບໍ່ກັບຄືນສູ່ການມີຢູ່ໃນໂລກອີກ. ທ່ານພົ້ນຈາກການຕົກໄປເກີດເປັນສັດ ແລະ ນົກ, ແລະພົ້ນຈາກນະລົກດ້ວຍ, ໂອ ພິຕາມະຫະ!»
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Purity of conduct and accumulated merit can lead to freedom from lower rebirths (animal/bird births) and from hellish states; exceptionally, one may be understood as having a divine status (Sādhya), implying non-return to saṃsāra.
Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Bhīṣma, reflecting on a person named Śukla: he was pure by birth and nature, and Yudhiṣṭhira infers that he was a Sādhya deity, hence he does not return to worldly existence and is freed from animal births and hell.