Shloka 38
Adhyāya 287 — Janaka’s Inquiry on Śreyas, Abhayadāna, and Asaṅga
Non-attachment
निरारम्भो5प्ययमिह यथालब्धोपजीवन: । पुण्य॑ पुण्येषु विमल॑ पापं पापेषु चाप्तुयात्
nirārambho 'py ayam iha yathālabdhopajīvanaḥ | puṇyaṃ puṇyeṣu vimalaṃ pāpaṃ pāpeṣu cāpnuyāt ||
ນາຣະດະກ່າວວ່າ: ແມ່ນແຕ່ຄົນຜູ້ບໍ່ເລີ່ມການງານໃໝ່ ແລະດຳລົງຊີວິດດ້ວຍສິ່ງທີ່ໄດ້ມາຕາມມີຕາມໄດ້—ຖ້າຢູ່ທ່າມກາງຄົນດີ ຍ່ອມໄດ້ບຸນອັນບໍລິສຸດ; ແຕ່ຖ້າຄົບຫາຄົນຊົ່ວ ຍ່ອມເປັນຜູ້ຮ່ວມຮັບບາບ. ຄຳກ່າວນີ້ຊີ້ວ່າ ຜົນທາງສິນທຳບໍ່ໄດ້ຂຶ້ນກັບການກະທຳສ່ວນຕົວເທົ່ານັ້ນ ແຕ່ຍັງຂຶ້ນກັບບັນຍາກາດທາງຄຸນທຳຂອງການຄົບຫາອີກດ້ວຍ.
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Moral and spiritual outcomes depend strongly on one’s company: even a personally non-initiating, minimally active person gains pure merit in the presence of the virtuous, and accrues sin by associating with the wicked.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma, Nārada delivers a didactic observation: he contrasts the results of keeping virtuous versus sinful company, using the example of a man who merely lives on what comes without initiating actions.