Shloka 14
जपयोगयोः तुल्यफलनिर्णयः
Adhyāya 193: Adjudication of the Comparable Fruits of Japa and Yoga
इह धर्मपरा: केचित् केचिन्नैकृतिका नरा: । सुखिता दुःखिता: केचिन्निर्थना धनिनो5परे
iha dharmaparāḥ kecit kecin naikṛtikā narāḥ | sukhitā duḥkhitāḥ kecin nirdhanā dhaninō 'pare ||
بھاردواج نے کہا—اسی انسانی دنیا میں کچھ لوگ دھرم کے پابند ہوتے ہیں اور کچھ لوگ اپنے برتاؤ میں فریب کار۔ اسی لیے کوئی خوشی میں رہتا ہے اور کوئی رنج میں؛ کچھ دولت مند بن جاتے ہیں اور کچھ فقر و افلاس میں جا پڑتے ہیں۔
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
Human outcomes such as happiness/suffering and wealth/poverty are linked to moral orientation: devotion to dharma versus deceitful conduct. The verse frames social differences as ethically meaningful, inviting self-examination and commitment to righteous behavior.
In the Śānti Parva’s instructional setting, Bharadvāja speaks as a teacher, observing the variety of human character in the world—some righteous, some fraudulent—and pointing to the resulting diversity of life conditions.