Shloka 36
नरनारायण-नारदसंवादः
Nara-Nārāyaṇa–Nārada Discourse on Vision, Elements, and Entry into Vāsudeva
न धनेन न राज्येन नोग्रेण तपसा तथा । स्वभावमतिवर्तन्ते ये नियुक्ता: शरीरिण:,विधाताके द्वारा कर्मफल-भोगमें नियुक्त हुए देहधारी मनुष्य धन, राज्य तथा कठोर तपस्याके प्रभावसे प्रकृतिका उल्लंघन नहीं कर सकते
na dhanena na rājyena nogreṇa tapasā tathā | svabhāvam ativartante ye niyuktāḥ śarīriṇaḥ ||
Wika ni Nārada: “Ang mga nilalang na may katawan, na itinalaga ng Tagapag-ayos upang danasin ang bunga ng kanilang mga gawa, ay hindi makalalampas sa sarili nilang likas na pagkatao—hindi sa yaman, hindi sa paghahari, ni kahit sa mahigpit na pag-aayuno at pagpapakasakit.”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Wealth, political power, and even intense austerity cannot cancel the ordained experience of one’s karmic results or allow a person to leap beyond their inherent nature (svabhāva). Ethical effort matters, but it operates within the moral law of karma and the limits of embodied existence.
In Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, Nārada delivers instruction on the workings of destiny, karma, and human limitation, emphasizing that external means (riches, rule) or extreme asceticism do not override the dispensation that assigns embodied beings to experience the fruits of their actions.