Shloka 3
अव्यक्त-प्रबोधः (Awakening to the Unmanifest): The 25th and 26th Principles and Eligibility for Brahma-vidyā
पराशर उवाच एवमेतन्महाराज येन जात: स एव सः | तपसस्त्वपकर्षेण जातिग्रहणतां गत:
Parāśara uvāca: evam etan mahārāja yena jātaḥ sa eva saḥ | tapasas tv apakarṣeṇa jātigrahaṇatāṁ gataḥ ||
ພາຣາຊະຣະກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ມະຫາຣາຊາ ມັນເປັນຢ່າງນັ້ນແທ້: ສັດຜູ້ໃດເກີດຈາກສິ່ງໃດ ສະພາບຂອງຜູ້ນັ້ນກໍສອດຄ່ອງກັບແຫຼ່ງກຳເນີດ. ແຕ່ເມື່ອຕະປະ (ການບຳເນັດ) ແລະວິໄນທາງຈິດວິນຍານຖອຍຫຼົງ ມະນຸດຈະຖືກຈັດເຂົ້າໃນສະພາບສັງຄົມຕ່ຳ ແລະເຫມືອນຮັບເອົາສະຖານະການເກີດອັນຕ່ຳຕ້ອຍ»។
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Parāśara affirms that one’s nature aligns with one’s origin, but adds an ethical warning: when tapas (discipline and spiritual effort) diminishes, people fall into inferior conditions and become identified with lower birth-status. The verse links moral/spiritual decline with social degradation.
Parāśara addresses the king and clarifies a point about birth and identity: while it is generally true that a being reflects its source, the decline of austerity alters outcomes, leading to the acquisition of lower social classification. It functions as an explanatory remark within a broader dharma discussion in Śānti Parva.