Shloka 113
पञ्चवर्णोत्पत्तिः — The Origin of the Five-Colored Fiery Being and Ritual-Disruptor Lineages
वश्चित् कर्माणि कुर्वन् हि न प्राप्पमधिगच्छति । कोई बिना उद्योग किये चुपचाप बैठा रहता है और लक्ष्मी उसकी सेवामें उपस्थित हो जाती है और कोई सदा काम करते रहनेपर भी अपने उचित वेतनसे भी वज्चित रह जाता है (ऐसा देखा जाता है)
kaścit karmāṇi kurvan hi na prāpyam adhigacchati |
Pemburu itu berkata: “Seseorang boleh terus melakukan pekerjaan, namun tetap tidak memperoleh apa yang sepatutnya. Ada yang tanpa usaha, hanya duduk diam, tetapi Lakshmi—kemakmuran—datang melayaninya; sedangkan yang lain, walau sentiasa bekerja, tetap dinafikan bahkan upahnya yang berhak.”
व्याध उवाच
Educational Q&A
Effort and action do not always yield proportionate results; outcomes can appear unequal. The ethical implication is to keep to one’s duty without arrogance in success or despair in failure, recognizing that results are not fully under personal control.
In the Vyādha’s discourse on dharma (often called the Vyādha-gītā), he points to everyday observations: some gain prosperity without visible effort, while others labor continuously yet are denied even what they deserve—using this to frame a teaching on duty and the uncertainty of worldly results.