Shloka 9
Adhyāya 122 — Śruta-vṛtta-yukta Brāhmaṇa and the Ethics of Dāna
Maitreya–Vyāsa Saṃvāda
सम्भूत: क्षत्रियकुले प्रसादादमितौजस:
sambhūtaḥ kṣatriyakule prasādād amitaujasaḥ | śvapākaśūdravaiśyānāṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ ca yoniṣu ||
Vyāsa berkata: “Dengan rahmat Yang Maha Perkasa, dia dilahirkan dalam keluarga Kṣatriya. Sesudah itu, dia melalui kelahiran demi kelahiran—dalam rahim golongan terbuang (śvapāka), Śūdra, Vaiśya, dan juga Kṣatriya. Setelah mengembara dalam pelbagai rupa kewujudan, akhirnya, dengan kurnia Vyāsa yang mulia dan bercahaya, dia memperoleh kelahiran semula dalam keluarga Kṣatriya, lalu pergi menghadap para maharṣi itu.”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores karmic continuity across births and the possibility of uplift through merit and grace (prasāda). Social status and embodiment are shown as outcomes within a larger moral-causal order, not as permanent or absolute identities.
Vyāsa describes a being who, after moving through multiple births in various social categories (including outcaste, Śūdra, Vaiśya, and Kṣatriya), finally attains birth in a Kṣatriya family by grace and then approaches great sages for darśana (audience/vision).