Shloka 29
ततो<ध्यायसहस्राणां शतं चक्रे स्वबुद्धिजम् । यत्र धर्मस्तथैवार्थ: कामश्चैवाभिवर्णित:
tato 'dhyāyasahasrāṇāṃ śataṃ cakre svabuddhijam | yatra dharmas tathaivārthaḥ kāmaś caivābhivarṇitaḥ ||
Bhīṣma said: “Thereafter, by the power of his own intellect, he composed a hundred thousand chapters, in which dharma, artha, and kāma were all set forth and explained.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
That a comprehensive guide to human life and governance should integrate the three aims—dharma (ethical order), artha (practical welfare and statecraft), and kāma (legitimate desire)—so that conduct and policy are grounded in moral clarity while addressing worldly needs.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction during the Śānti Parva, he refers to a learned composition produced through personal intellectual effort—described as an immense body of chapters—where the major human aims are systematically expounded.