Shloka 53
Adhyaya 1 — Jaimini’s Questions on the Mahabharata and the Origin of the Wise Birds
अप्राप्य तेषु च प्रीतिं शस्त्रपूता पुनर्दिवि ।
वासमाप्स्यसि वक्तव्यं नोत्तरं ते कथञ्चन ॥
aprāpya teṣu ca prītiṃ śastrapūtā punar divi | vāsam āpsyasi vaktavyaṃ nottaraṃ te kathañcana ||
Dẫu không đạt được thiện cảm của họ, nhưng nhờ được thanh tịnh bởi vũ khí, ngươi sẽ lại đạt đến chỗ cư trú trên cõi trời. Không còn điều gì nữa có thể nói với ngươi theo bất cứ cách nào.
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FAQs
The verse implies that even when social reconciliation or others’ approval is not attained (“not obtaining their goodwill”), a form of purification can occur through the ordained consequence of one’s path—here indicated by being ‘purified by the weapon’ (often read in Purāṇic-epic idiom as death in combat or a fated violent end). Ethically, it underscores that outcomes are not solely measured by worldly acceptance; karmic resolution and post-mortem destiny may still grant a higher state (heaven) when certain dharmic conditions are met.
This verse is not directly sarga/pratisarga (creation), nor a genealogical vamśa/vaṃśānucarita statement, nor an explicit manvantara datum. It fits best as an instance of dharma/karma-phala teaching embedded in the narrative frame—adjacent to Purāṇic instruction rather than one of the five headline categories.
‘Śastrapūta’ can be read symbolically: the ‘weapon’ represents a decisive, cutting force that severs attachments and residual debts, producing a cathartic purification. ‘Not obtaining goodwill’ points to the transcendence of dependence on external validation; the soul’s trajectory is governed by deeper moral causality, culminating (here) in ‘divi vāsa’—a higher, luminous state.