Shloka 3
Adhyāya 314 — हिमवदाश्रमः, शक्तिक्षेपकथा, तथा स्वाध्यायविधिः
Himalayan Hermitage, the Myth of the Thrown Spear, and Rules of Vedic Study
सात््विकस्योत्तमं स्थानं राजसस्येह मध्यमम्
sāttvikasyottamaṃ sthānaṃ rājasasyeha madhyamam
ယာဇ္ဉဝလ္က്യက မိန့်ကြားသည်—“သတ္တဝဂုဏ်၌ တည်မြဲသူအတွက် အမြင့်ဆုံးသော အနေအထားကို ရောက်၏။ ရဇဂုဏ်က လွှမ်းမိုးသူအတွက်မူ ဤလောက၌ ရလဒ်သည် အလယ်အလတ် အဆင့်သာ ဖြစ်၏” ဟု။
याज़्वल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse ranks spiritual outcomes according to the predominance of guṇas: sattva leads to the highest attainment (a superior spiritual state), whereas rajas yields only an intermediate result. It encourages cultivation of clarity, restraint, and inner purity over passion-driven action.
In the didactic setting of the Śānti Parva, the sage Yājñavalkya is instructing on ethical-spiritual psychology, explaining how one’s inner disposition (sattva vs. rajas) determines the level of one’s attained ‘state’ or destination.