Shloka 39
अध्याय ३३ — कर्म, दैव, हठ, स्वभाव और पुरुषार्थ पर द्रौपदी का उपदेश
Draupadī on Action, Fate, and Human Effort
न धर्मपर एव स्यान्न चार्थपरमो नर: । न कामपरमो वा स्यात् सर्वान् सेवेत सर्वदा
na dharmapara eva syān na cārthaparamo naraḥ | na kāmaparamo vā syāt sarvān seveta sarvadā ||
वैशंपायन म्हणाले—मनुष्य फक्त धर्मालाच चिकटून राहू नये, फक्त अर्थालाच सर्वोच्च मानू नये, किंवा फक्त कामातच रत होऊ नये. योग्य मर्यादेत संतुलन राखून त्याने नेहमी तिन्ही पुरुषार्थांची साधना करावी.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Do not absolutize a single life-goal—dharma, artha, or kāma. The teaching recommends a disciplined balance, cultivating all appropriately so that duty guides prosperity and pleasure rather than being eclipsed by them.
In Vaiśampāyana’s narration, a general ethical maxim is stated: the ideal person is not one-sided (only righteous, only acquisitive, or only pleasure-seeking), but one who consistently integrates the major human aims in a harmonious way.