Shloka 1
अध्याय २९७ — श्रेयः, धृति, दान-नियमाः
Welfare, Steadfastness, and Norms of Giving
राजन! संसारमें पिता, सखा, गुरुजन और स्त्रियाँ--ये कोई भी उसके नहीं होते, जो सर्वथा गुणहीन हैं; किंतु जो प्रभुके अनन्य भक्त, प्रियवादी, हितैषी और इन्द्रियविजयी हैं, वे ही उसके होते हैं अर्थात् उसका त्याग नहीं करते
rājan! saṃsāre pitā sakhā gurujanāḥ striyaś ca—ete ko'pi tasya na bhavanti yo'ntyantaṃ guṇahīnaḥ; kintu ye prabhoḥ ananya-bhaktāḥ priyavādinaḥ hitaiṣiṇa indriya-jayinaś ca te eva tasya bhavanti, arthāt taṃ na tyajanti.
Sinabi ni Parāśara: “O Hari, sa mundong ito, ang ama, kaibigan, mga nakatatanda at guro, at maging ang mga asawa ay hindi tunay na nananatili sa taong lubos na salat sa kabutihang-asal. Ngunit yaong mga tanging deboto ng Panginoon, nagsasalita ng kaaya-aya at tapat, nagmamalasakit sa kapakanan ng iba, at nagwagi sa kanilang mga pandama—sila lamang ang mananatiling kasama niya; hindi nila siya tatalikuran.”
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Worldly ties are unreliable for a person who lacks virtue; lasting support comes from the company of the virtuous—especially those devoted to the Lord, kind in speech, benevolent, and self-controlled—who do not forsake one in adversity.
Parāśara addresses a king and offers moral instruction: he contrasts the instability of ordinary social relations around a thoroughly unvirtuous person with the steadfast loyalty of spiritually and ethically disciplined companions.