Shloka 16
न तेषां भिद्यते वृत्तं यज्ञा: स्वाध्यायकर्म च । आचार: कारणं चैव धर्मश्वैकस्त्रयं पुन:
na teṣāṁ bhidyate vṛttaṁ yajñāḥ svādhyāya-karma ca | ācāraḥ kāraṇaṁ caiva dharmaś caikaḥ trayaṁ punaḥ ||
Bhishma dijo: En tales santos, su modo de vida establecido jamás se ve interrumpido; tampoco sus sacrificios, su svādhyāya (estudio y recitación del Veda) ni sus demás deberes sagrados. En ellos, la conducta, las fuentes autorizadas que la explican (los Vedas y los śāstras) y el dharma no están en conflicto: los tres permanecen en una sola armonía.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
True saints maintain an unbroken moral discipline: their conduct, their Vedic study, and their sacrificial duties remain steady, and their lived practice (ācāra), scriptural authority (Veda-śāstra), and dharma mutually confirm one another as a single coherent whole.
In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma (Anuśāsana Parva), he describes the hallmark of the righteous: their daily life and religious observances do not falter, and their behavior aligns naturally with scriptural teaching and the principles of dharma.