Shloka 29
अध्याय २९४ — योगलक्षणम् तथा सांख्यपरिसंख्यानम्
Yoga Definition and Sāṃkhya Enumeration
इसलिये तुम सदगुणोंमें ही अनुराग रखो, दोषोंमें किसी प्रकार नहीं; क्योंकि गुणहीन और दुर्बुद्धि मनुष्य भी अपने गुणोंके अभिमानसे अत्यन्त संतुष्ट रहता है ।।
tasmāt tvaṃ sadguṇeṣv eva anurāgaṃ kuru, doṣeṣu tu kathaṃcana na; yato guṇahīno 'pi durbuddhir manuṣyaḥ svaguṇābhimānena atyantaṃ santuṣṭo bhavati. mānuṣeṣu mahārāja dharmādharmo pravartataḥ; na tathānyeṣu bhūteṣu manuṣyarahiteṣv iha, mahārāja.
तस्मात् त्वं सद्गुणेष्वेव अनुरागं कुरु, दोषेषु कदाचन मा; यतो हि गुणहीनोऽपि दुर्बुद्धिरपि नरः स्वकल्पितगुणाभिमानेनात्यन्तं सन्तुष्टो भवति। महाराज, मनुष्येष्वेव धर्माधर्मौ प्रवर्तेते; न तथान्येषु भूतेषु मनुष्यरहितेष्विह।
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Cultivate attachment to virtues rather than faults, and recognize that moral choice (dharma vs. adharma) is especially a human domain; humans can also be misled by pride into thinking themselves virtuous even when they are not.
Parāśara addresses a king, offering ethical counsel: he warns against valuing defects, notes the danger of self-conceit, and frames dharma/adharma as forces that meaningfully operate in human society due to human deliberation and responsibility.