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Shloka 33

अव्यक्त-प्रबोधः (Awakening to the Unmanifest): The 25th and 26th Principles and Eligibility for Brahma-vidyā

जात्या च कर्मणा चैव दुष्ट कर्म न सेवते । जात्या दुष्टश्न यः पापं न करोति स पूरुष:

jātyā ca karmaṇā caiva duṣṭa-karma na sevate | jātyā duṣṭaś ca yo pāpaṁ na karoti sa pūruṣaḥ ||

Парашара сказал: «Тот, кто и по рождению, и по поведению не прибегает к злым делам, поистине достоин. Даже если его считают запятнанным происхождением, но он всё же не совершает греха, — лишь он один заслуживает называться истинным человеком».

जात्याby birth/caste
जात्या:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootजाति
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
कर्मणाby action/deed
कर्मणा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
दुष्टकर्मevil deed/sinful act
दुष्टकर्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदुष्टकर्मन्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
सेवतेresorts to/engages in
सेवते:
TypeVerb
Rootसेव्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
जात्याby birth/caste
जात्या:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootजाति
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
दुष्टःtainted/evil (in birth)
दुष्टः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootदुष्ट
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पापम्sin/evil
पापम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपाप
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
करोतिdoes/commits
करोति:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पुरुषःman/person
पुरुषः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

पराशर उवाच

P
Parāśara

Educational Q&A

Moral worth is determined by refraining from sinful, wicked actions; even if society deems someone ‘tainted’ by birth, ethical conduct makes one truly worthy.

In Śānti Parva’s dharma-discourse, the sage Parāśara states a criterion for genuine human excellence: not birth-status but the refusal to engage in pāpa (sin) and duṣṭa-karma (wicked deeds).