Shloka 12
कालनिर्णयः, युगधर्मवर्णनम्, सृष्टिक्रमश्च
Time-Reckoning, Yuga-Dharma, and the Sequence of Creation
जिसे सदबुद्धि प्राप्त होती है, वह पुरुष उस बुद्धिके द्वारा सारे पापोंको नष्ट कर देता है। पापहीन होनेपर उसे सत्त्वगुणकी प्राप्ति होती है और सत्त्वगुणमें स्थित होकर वह सात््विक प्रसन्नता प्राप्त कर लेता है ।।
śakra uvāca: yasya sadbuddhiḥ prāpyate sa puruṣas tayā buddhyā sarvāṇi pāpāni nāśayati | pāpahīnaḥ san sattvaguṇam avāpnoti, sattvaguṇe sthitaś ca sāttvikīṁ prasannatāṁ labhate || tataḥ tu ye nivartante jāyante vā punaḥ punaḥ | kṛpaṇāḥ paritapyante tair athair abhichoditāḥ || ye mandabuddhayaḥ mānavāḥ sattvaguṇāt bhraśyanti te punar punar asmin saṁsāre jāyante, rajo-guṇa-janitaiḥ kāma-krodhādibhiḥ doṣaiḥ preritāḥ sadā santapyante |
释迦罗说道：“当人获得正智，便以此智灭尽诸罪。离罪之后，得萨埵之德；安住萨埵，便得清净而寂然的萨埵之乐。然而，那些从此高境退堕者，必一生又一生地再来受生。其人卑劣而心量狭小，被那些力量（激情等）驱使，恒常为苦所灼。故愚钝之人一旦失落萨埵，便屡屡回到世间生死；又为罗阇斯所生之过患——欲、嗔及其余——所推动，长久受恼。”
श॒क्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
Right understanding (sadbuddhi) purifies a person by destroying moral demerit; purity leads to the rise of sattva and to serene joy. Losing sattva through dullness and passion results in repeated rebirth and ongoing suffering driven by rajas-born faults like desire and anger.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on conduct and inner qualities, Śakra (Indra) explains a moral-psychological chain: discernment leads upward to purity and sattvic peace, while falling into rajas through lack of discernment leads to cyclical rebirth and torment.