Shloka 18
कर्मनाशाभावः, गर्भे जीवप्रवेशः, आचारधर्मोपदेशः
Karma’s Non-Extinction, Jīva’s Entry into the Embryo, and Instruction on Conduct-Dharma
प्रवर्तनं शुभानां च तत् सतां वृत्तमुच्यते । ततो धर्म: प्रभवति य: प्रजा: पाति शाश्वती:
pravartanaṃ śubhānāṃ ca tat satāṃ vṛttam ucyate | tato dharmaḥ prabhavati yaḥ prajāḥ pāti śāśvatīḥ ||
শুভ কৰ্মৰ প্ৰৱৰ্তন আৰু তাৰ সক্ৰিয় প্ৰচাৰ—ইয়াকেই সৎপুৰুষৰ আচাৰ বুলি কোৱা হয়। এই আচাৰেই ধৰ্ম উদ্ভৱ কৰে, আৰু সেই ধৰ্মেই শাশ্বতভাৱে প্ৰজাক ৰক্ষা কৰে।
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is not merely a doctrine but something that arises from the lived conduct of the virtuous—actively promoting good, practicing self-restraint, compassion, purity, and reverence. Such conduct generates an enduring dharma that protects and sustains society and all beings.
Within the Anugītā section of the Aśvamedhika Parva, a Brahmin speaker is instructing about the marks of noble behavior (satāṃ vṛtta) and explaining how these practices become the source of dharma, which in turn safeguards the community (prajā).