Shloka 35
Adhyāya 222 — ब्रह्मस्थानप्राप्ति: मोक्षधर्मे समत्वव्रतम्
Attaining the Brahman-Station: The Vow of Equanimity in Mokṣadharma
स्वभावाल्लभते प्रज्ञां शान्तिमेति स्वभावत: । स्वभावादेव तत्सरव यर्त्किंचिदनुपश्यसि
svabhāvāl labhate prajñāṁ śāntim eti svabhāvataḥ | svabhāvād eva tat sarvaṁ yat kiṁcid anupaśyasi ||
Prahlāda nói: “Từ tự tánh (svabhāva) của mỗi người mà phát sinh sự phân biệt sáng suốt; cũng từ tự tánh ấy mà đạt được an tịnh. Quả thật, mọi điều—bất cứ điều gì ngươi đang thấy—đều thành tựu do tự tánh mà thôi.”
प्रह्माद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Wisdom and peace arise from svabhāva (one’s innate disposition). The verse frames human development as working through the natural constitution: discernment and tranquility are attained by understanding, disciplining, and harmonizing one’s tendencies, and by recognizing that phenomena appear in accordance with nature.
In the Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, Prahlāda speaks as a teacher of spiritual and ethical insight, explaining a principle of inner causation: what one becomes and what one experiences are rooted in svabhāva, so the listener should look inward to understand conduct, knowledge, and peace.