Shloka 14
Vasiṣṭha–Karāla-Janaka Saṃvāda: Aśuddha-Sevana, Guṇa-Dr̥ṣṭi, and Sāṃkhya–Yoga Ekārthatā
Mahābhārata 12.293
तस्माद् यो रक्षति नृप: स धर्मेणेति पूज्यते । अधीते चापि यो वितप्रो वैश्यो यश्चार्जने रत:
tasmād yo rakṣati nṛpaḥ sa dharmeṇeti pūjyate | adhīte cāpi yo vipraḥ vaiśyo yaścārjane rataḥ ||
সেয়েহে যি ৰজা প্ৰজাৰ ৰক্ষা কৰে, সি ধৰ্মানুসাৰী বুলি পূজ্য হয়। তদ্ৰূপ যি ব্ৰাহ্মণ অধ্যয়নত নিয়োজিত আৰু যি বৈশ্য উপাৰ্জনত ৰত—তেওঁলোকো নিজ নিজ কৰ্তব্যত স্থিৰ থাকিলে প্ৰশংসিত হয়।
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Each social role is honored when it fulfills its own dharma: the king by protecting, the brāhmaṇa by study, and the vaiśya by diligent livelihood and acquisition carried out within righteous bounds.
Parāśara is explaining standards of dharma in the Śānti Parva, identifying the defining duties by which different members of society—especially the ruler, the brāhmaṇa, and the vaiśya—are recognized and praised.