Shloka 42
अव्यक्त-गुण-पुरुषविवेकः | Avyakta, Guṇas, and Discrimination of Puruṣa
मनुष्यत्वाच्च निरयं प्यायेणोपगच्छति । य एवं वेत्ति नित्यं वै निरात्मा55त्मगुणैवत:
manuṣyatvācca nirayaṃ pyāyeṇopagacchati | ya evaṃ vetti nityaṃ vai nirātmātmaguṇair iva ||
ວະສິດຖະ ກ່າວວ່າ: “ແມ່ນແຕ່ເປັນມະນຸດ ກໍອາດຕົກນະລົກໄດ້ ເນື່ອງຈາກຄວາມເສື່ອມທາງສິນທຳ ແລະການຫຼົງໄຫຼໃນກາມ. ແຕ່ຜູ້ໃດທີ່ເຂົ້າໃຈຄວາມຈິງນີ້ຢູ່ເປັນນິດ—ເຫັນຄວາມເປັນອະນັດຕາ (ບໍ່ມີອັດຕາ) ດັ່ງວ່າມີຄຸນລັກສະນະຂອງອັດຕາ—ຜູ້ນັ້ນຍ່ອມມີປັນຍາ ແລະບໍ່ຖືກຄຸນທັງຫຼາຍພາໄປ.”
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Human life easily slips into suffering when one allows faults to grow—through indulgence, heedlessness, and ego-driven conduct. Continuous discernment about the nature of self and qualities (guṇas) prevents one from being overpowered by them and from accruing actions that lead to ‘hellish’ consequences.
In Śānti Parva’s instructional setting, Vasiṣṭha speaks as a moral and spiritual teacher, warning about the dangers inherent in human weakness and emphasizing steady knowledge/discrimination as the safeguard against downfall.