Shloka 14
Brāhmaṇa-māhātmya: Tārkṣya’s instruction on tapas, satya, and svadharma
Chapter 182
सो<यमेता गतीस्तात जनन््तुश्चरति कार्यवान् । नित्ये महति चात्मानमवस्थापयते द्विज:,तात! प्रयोजनवश वही यह जीव इन्हीं तीन गतियोंमें भटकता रहता है। कर्मफलको चाहनेवाला देहाभिमानी जीव परवशतासे बार-बार जन्म लेता और दुःख-सुखका उपभोग करता है। किंतु तात! जो कर्मफलमें आसक्त नहीं है, वह प्रजाजनोंके पालनकी भावनावाला द्विज अपने आत्माको नित्य परब्रह्म परमात्मामें भलीभाँति स्थित कर देता है
so ’yam etā gatīs tāta jantuś carati kāryavān | nitye mahati cātmānam avasthāpayate dvijaḥ ||
Disse a serpente: “Meu filho, esta criatura—movida por propósitos e compelida pela ação—continua a percorrer estes mesmos cursos da existência. Mas o duas-vezes-nascido (dvija) que não se apega aos frutos da ação estabelece o si mesmo firmemente no Eterno, no Grande: Brahman.”
सर्प उवाच
Educational Q&A
Attachment to purposes and the fruits of action keeps a being circulating through recurring states of existence, whereas the disciplined twice-born who is free from fruit-seeking can steady the self in the Eternal and Supreme (Brahman).
A serpent, speaking as a moral instructor, explains to a young interlocutor that worldly, goal-driven action leads to continued wandering, while non-attached, dharmic living culminates in inner establishment in the eternal reality.