Shloka 11
कालनिर्णयः, युगधर्मवर्णनम्, सृष्टिक्रमश्च
Time-Reckoning, Yuga-Dharma, and the Sequence of Creation
बुद्धिलाभात् तु पुरुष: सर्व तुदति किल्बिषम् | विपाप्मा लभते सत्त्वं सत्त्वस्थ: सम्प्रसीदति
buddhilābhāt tu puruṣaḥ sarvaṃ tudati kilbiṣam | vipāpmā labhate sattvaṃ sattvasthaḥ samprasīdati ||
Wika ni Śakra: “Sa pagkamit ng tunay na pag-unawa, tinatagos at pinapawi ng tao ang bawat dungis ng kasalanan. Kapag napawi ang sala, nakakamit niya ang sattva—ang kadalisayan ng pagkatao; at kapag nananatili sa sattva, nagiging ganap na payapa at malinaw ang isip.”
श॒क्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
Discernment (buddhi) is presented as a purifying power: when right understanding arises, it eradicates moral defilement (kilbiṣa). From that purification comes sattva—clarity and goodness—and when one abides in sattva, the mind settles into deep serenity (samprasāda).
In Śānti Parva’s instruction-oriented setting, Śakra (Indra) speaks a concise doctrinal point: wisdom is not merely intellectual but ethically transformative, leading from the removal of sin to the establishment of sattva and finally to inner peace.