Shloka 13
Gṛhastha-vṛtti and Niyama: Models of Householder Livelihood and Discipline (गृहस्थवृत्ति-नियमाः)
महता विधिदृष्टेन बलेनाप्रतिघातिना । स्वभावस्रोतसा वृत्तमुहते सततं जगत्
mahatā vidhidṛṣṭena balenāpratighātinā | svabhāvasrotasā vṛttam ūhate satataṁ jagat ||
毗耶娑说：凭借一种宏大而依律令运行的力量——唯有造物主能洞见、且不可抗拒——整个世界无时无刻不被推动前行，随其自身本性之流而不断奔涌。
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The world’s course is propelled by an immense, irresistible power aligned with cosmic ordinance (vidhi), and beings are carried along by the stream of their own inherent nature (svabhāva). This frames ethical reflection: one should act with dharma-awareness within the larger order rather than imagining absolute control over outcomes.
Vyāsa is explaining a philosophical point in the Śānti discourse: the unfolding of worldly events is continuous and forceful, driven by an overarching ordained power and by the natural tendencies of beings, so the world keeps moving like a current that cannot be easily checked.