Shloka 2
अगस्त्य-वातापि-उपाख्यानम्
Agastya and Vātāpi: Ilvala’s stratagem; Lopāmudrā’s emergence
परांश्व निर्गुणान् मनन््ये न च धर्मगतानपि । ते च लोमश लोकेऊस्मिन्नृध्यन्ते केन हेतुना,इसके सिवा, दुर्योधनादि शत्रुओंको सात्त्विक गुणोंसे रहित समझता हूँ। साथ ही यह भी जानता हूँ कि वे धर्म-परायण नहीं हैं तो भी वे इस लोकमें उत्तरोत्तर समृद्धिशाली होते जा रहे हैं, इसका क्या कारण है?
parāṁś ca nirguṇān manye na ca dharmagatān api | te ca lomaśa loke 'sminn ṛddhyante kena hetunā ||
尤提希提罗说道：“再者，我认为像都利约陀那那样的人毫无高贵品性，我也知道他们并不安住于达摩。然而，噢，罗摩沙，在这世间他们却愈发兴盛富足——这是什么缘故？”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a classic dharma-problem: visible worldly success does not always correlate with virtue. It invites reflection on deeper causality—past karma, time, policy, and the delayed fruition of actions—rather than assuming immediate moral accounting.
During the forest exile, Yudhiṣṭhira addresses the sage Lomaśa, expressing distress that his adversaries—whom he deems lacking virtue and dharma—are nonetheless growing in power and prosperity, and he asks for the cause.