Shloka 16
अध्याय २९४ — योगलक्षणम् तथा सांख्यपरिसंख्यानम्
Yoga Definition and Sāṃkhya Enumeration
स्वल्पाप्यर्था: प्रशस्यन्ते धर्मस्यार्थे महाफला: । पराशरजी कहते हैं--राजन! ब्राह्मणके यहाँ प्रतिग्रहसे मिला हुआ
svalpāpy arthāḥ praśasyante dharmasyārthe mahāphalāḥ | tena sam te gaganagāḥ sapurāḥ pātitāḥ kṣitau | tridhāpy ekena bāṇena devāppāyita-tejasā ||
स्वल्पाप्यर्थाः प्रशस्यन्ते धर्मस्यार्थे महाफलाः । तेन समं ते गगनगाः सपुराः पातिताः क्षितौ । त्रिधाप्येकेन बाणेन देवैः पायिततेजसा ॥
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even modest resources, when obtained through one’s rightful duty and then used for dharma, become highly praiseworthy and yield great spiritual and ethical results.
Parāśara states a moral principle about dharmic wealth and then illustrates overwhelming efficacy through a martial image: sky-moving beings with their cities are brought down, and the three cities are felled by a single arrow empowered by divine radiance.