Shloka 28
Adhyāya 222 — ब्रह्मस्थानप्राप्ति: मोक्षधर्मे समत्वव्रतम्
Attaining the Brahman-Station: The Vow of Equanimity in Mokṣadharma
वेद धर्मविधिं कृत्स्नं भूतानां चाप्यनित्यताम् । तस्माच्छक्र न शोचामि सर्व होवेदमन्तवत्
veda dharmavidhiṁ kṛtsnaṁ bhūtānāṁ cāpy anityatām | tasmāc chākra na śocāmi sarvaṁ hy etad amantavat ||
Sinabi ni Prahlāda: “O Śakra (Indra), ganap kong nalalaman ang kautusan ng dharma, at nauunawaan ko rin ang kawalang-panatag ng lahat ng nilalang. Kaya hindi ako nagdadalamhati para kaninuman, sapagkat itinuturing kong ang lahat ng ito ay may wakas—nakatakdang lumipas.”
प्रह्माद उवाच
Educational Q&A
True understanding of dharma includes recognizing the impermanence of all beings and conditions; with this insight, one restrains grief and responds with steadiness rather than lamentation.
Prahlāda addresses Indra (Śakra) and explains why he does not mourn: his knowledge of dharma and the perishable nature of all existence leads him to view events as inevitably ending, thus not warranting sorrow.