Shloka 21
Adhyāya 199: Karma–Jñāna Causality and the Nirguṇa Brahman
Manu’s Instruction
जिता लोकास्त्वया सर्वे ये दिव्या ये च मानुषा: । देवानां निलयान् साधो सर्वनुत्क्रम्य यास्यसि
jitā lokās tvayā sarve ye divyā ye ca mānuṣāḥ | devānāṁ nilayān sādho sarvān utkrāmya yāsyasi ||
دھرم نے کہا—تم نے تمام جہان، خواہ دیوی ہوں یا انسانی، سب کو فتح کر لیا ہے۔ اے نیک مرد، تمام دیوتاؤں کے مساکن سے بھی آگے بڑھ کر تم ان سے بھی پرے چلے جاؤ گے۔
धर्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
True excellence is measured not merely by reaching heavenly rewards but by surpassing even the highest divine stations through steadfast virtue; Dharma affirms that ethical perfection can lead beyond ordinary celestial attainments.
Dharma addresses a virtuous person and declares that, through their merit, they have ‘won’ access to all human and celestial realms and will even pass beyond the gods’ abodes—an honorific proclamation of extraordinary spiritual destination.