Shloka 19
Vidyā–Avidyā and the Twenty-Fifth Principle
Sāṃkhya–Yoga Clarification
मर्त्यलोके च राजानो ये चान्ये गृहमेधिन: । महाकुलेषु दृश्यन्ते तत् सर्व तपस: फलम्
martyaloke ca rājāno ye cānye gṛhamedhinaḥ | mahākuleṣu dṛśyante tat sarvaṃ tapasaḥ phalam ||
Wika ni Parāśara: “Sa daigdig ng mga tao, ang mga hari at pinunò—gayundin ang iba pang mga maybahay—na nakikitang isinilang at naitatag sa mararangal at dakilang angkan: ang lahat ng iyon ay bunga ng tapas.”
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
High status in society—such as kingship or birth in an eminent lineage—is presented as the karmic fruit of tapas (austerity/discipline), emphasizing moral causality rather than mere chance or pride of birth.
In Śānti Parva, Parāśara is instructing about the results of spiritual discipline, pointing to visible worldly prosperity and noble birth among rulers and householders as outcomes produced by prior austerity.