Shloka 22
अव्यक्त-प्रबोधः (Awakening to the Unmanifest): The 25th and 26th Principles and Eligibility for Brahma-vidyā
विशेषधर्मा नृपते वर्णानां परिकीर्तिता: । धर्मान् साधारणांस्तात विस्तरेण शृणुष्व मे,महाराज! ये वर्णोंके विशेष धर्म बताये गये हैं। तात! अब उनके साधारण धर्मोंका विस्तारपूर्वक वर्णन मुझसे सुनो
viśeṣa-dharmā nṛpate varṇānāṁ parikīrtitāḥ | dharmān sādhāraṇāṁs tāta vistareṇa śṛṇuṣva me, mahārāja ||
O hari, naipahayag na ang mga natatanging tungkulin ng bawat varṇa. Ngayon, mahal kong anak—O dakilang hari—pakinggan mo ako habang ipaliliwanag ko nang masinsinan ang mga tungkuling pangkalahatan na para sa lahat.
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
After outlining varṇa-specific obligations, the speaker turns to sādhāraṇa-dharma—universal ethical duties that bind all people regardless of social role—emphasizing that righteousness has both contextual (special) and universal (common) dimensions.
Parāśara addresses a king, noting that the discussion of special duties has been completed and announcing the next section: a detailed exposition of the general duties shared by all.