Shloka 47
कालयुक्तधर्मविवेकः
Discerning Dharma in Accord with Time
अल्पाबाधास्तथा केचिन्महाबाधास्तथापरे । दृश्यन्ते पुरुषा देव तन्मे व्याख्यातुमहसि
alpābādhās tathā kecin mahābādhās tathāpare | dṛśyante puruṣā deva tan me vyākhyātum arhasi ||
Wika ni Maheshvara: “O Panginoon, may mga taong bahagya lamang ang mga hadlang na dinaranas, ngunit may iba na nililigid ng malalaking kapahamakan. Yamang nakikitang ang mga tao’y nalulugmok sa di-pantay at sari-saring kalagayan, ano ang sanhi ng ganitong pagkakaiba? Ipagpaliwanag mo sa akin nang masinsinan.”
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames an ethical-philosophical inquiry into why human beings experience unequal degrees of suffering, inviting an explanation in terms of moral causality (often developed as karma, past actions, and the workings of dharma).
Maheshvara addresses a divine interlocutor as “Deva” and asks for a detailed account of the reason some people face only small obstacles while others endure major calamities, highlighting the observed disparity in human fortunes.