Shloka 1
धर्मसूक्ष्मे त्यागप्रधान्यविचारः
Subtle Dharma and the Primacy of Renunciation
ऑपन-माज बछ। जज: - इसी पर्वमें अध्याय १७ श्लोक १७ देखना चाहिये। एकोनविशो< ध्याय: युधिष्ठटिरद्वारा अपने मतकी यथार्थताका प्रतिपादन युधिछिर उवाच वेदाहं तात शास्त्राणि अपराणि पराणि च | उभयं वेदवचनं कुरु कर्म त्यजेति च
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | vedāhaṃ tāta śāstrāṇi aparāṇi parāṇi ca | ubhayaṃ vedavacanaṃ kuru karma tyajeti ca ||
Dijo Yudhiṣṭhira: «Amado mío, conozco los tratados de ambas clases: los que enseñan el dharma en el ámbito del mundo y los que enseñan la verdad suprema. En el Veda se hallan ambos mandatos: “Actúa” y “renuncia a la acción”; comprendo los dos».
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Yudhiṣṭhira highlights an apparent Vedic duality: the Veda authorizes both engagement in prescribed action (karma) and the renunciation of action (tyāga). The verse sets up a reconciliation between practical dharma (apara) and liberating knowledge (para).
In the Śānti Parva’s discourse on peace and dharma after the war, Yudhiṣṭhira begins by stating his familiarity with both ritual-ethical teachings and higher spiritual teachings, preparing to ask how these seemingly opposite Vedic directives should be understood together.