Shloka 20
Adhyāya 199: Karma–Jñāna Causality and the Nirguṇa Brahman
Manu’s Instruction
धर्म उवाच द्विजाते पश्य मां धर्ममहं त्वां द्रष्टमागत: । जप्यस्यास्य फल यत्तत् सम्प्राप्तं तच्च मे शूणु
dharma uvāca | dvijate paśya māṃ dharmam ahaṃ tvāṃ draṣṭum āgataḥ | japyasyāsya phalaṃ yat tat samprāptaṃ tac ca me śṛṇu |
Dharma nói: “Hỡi bậc lưỡng sinh, hãy nhìn ta. Ta là Dharma, và ta đến để gặp ngươi. Nay hãy nghe từ ta về quả báo mà ngươi đã đạt được nhờ hành trì japa (trì tụng thánh âm).”
धर्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Righteous practice—here, japa—yields a definite moral and spiritual result (phala), and Dharma itself is portrayed as the authority who reveals and confirms that outcome, emphasizing accountability and the ethical structure of action and consequence.
Dharma appears in person before a dvija, asks him to look, identifies himself, and announces that he has come specifically to disclose the reward the man has earned through his japa, setting up an instructive revelation about merit.