Shloka 13
तपःस्वाध्यायशीला हि दृश्यन्ते धार्मिका जना: । ऋषयस्तपसा युक्ता येषां लोका: सनातना:,उत्तरेण तु पन्थानमार्या विषयनिग्रहात् | अबुद्धिजं तमस्त्यक्त्वा लोकांस्त्यागवतां गता:
Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
Tapaḥsvādhyāyaśīlā hi dṛśyante dhārmikā janāḥ |
Ṛṣayas tapasā yuktā yeṣāṃ lokāḥ sanātanāḥ |
Uttareṇa tu panthānam āryā viṣayanigrahāt |
Abuddhijaṃ tamas tyaktvā lokāṃs tyāgavatāṃ gatāḥ ||
قال يودهيشثيرا: «حقّاً يُرى الأبرار ملازمين للتقشّف وللدراسة المقدّسة (svādhyāya). والريشيّون، وقد تهذّبوا بالتapas، ينالون عوالم لا تفنى. أمّا النبلاء فيسلكون الطريق الأعلى بكبح الحواس؛ فإذا طرحوا ظلمة الجهل المولودة من انعدام البصيرة، بلغوا ديارَ أهلِ التجرّد والترك.»
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is strengthened by disciplined practice—tapas and svādhyāya—and perfected through viṣayanigraha (sense-restraint). By abandoning ignorance-born darkness, one becomes fit for the ‘higher path’ and the renunciant’s goal, described as enduring realms and spiritual elevation.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction-oriented setting, Yudhiṣṭhira reflects on what marks truly dhārmika persons: their commitment to austerity and sacred learning, the example of ṛṣis who attain lasting worlds, and the superior course of the āryas who conquer the senses and move toward renunciation.