Shloka 19
Viṣṇor Māhātmya and Indriya-saṃyama (विष्णोर्माहात्म्यं तथा इन्द्रियसंयमः)
ततस्तं भगवान् धर्मो यज्ञं याजयत: स्वयम् । समाधान च भार्याया लेभे स तपसा परम्
tatastaṁ bhagavān dharmo yajñaṁ yājayataḥ svayam | samādhānaṁ ca bhāryāyā lebhe sa tapasā param ||
Then the blessed Lord Dharma himself caused him to perform a sacrifice. Thereafter, through supreme austerity, he attained the highest clarity and resolution regarding his wife’s state of mind—becoming firmly convinced that violence brings great harm, and that non-violence is the highest means to true welfare.
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links ritual and ascetic discipline to ethical insight: through tapas one gains firm inner resolution, culminating in the recognition that violence leads to great harm and that non-violence (ahiṁsā) is the highest means to genuine welfare.
Dharma, revered as a divine authority on righteousness, personally arranges/causes a sacrifice to be performed. After this, the individual attains supreme mental clarity through austerity, arriving at a settled understanding aligned with his wife’s disposition and with the ethical conclusion favoring non-violence.