Shloka 4
धर्मसूक्ष्मे त्यागप्रधान्यविचारः
Subtle Dharma and the Primacy of Renunciation
तुम तो केवल अस्त्रविद्याके पण्डित हो और वीरब्रतका पालन करनेवाले हो। शास्स्त्रोंके तात्पर्यको यथार्थरूपसे जाननेकी शक्ति तुममें किसी प्रकार नहीं है ।।
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | tvaṃ tu kevalam astravidyāyāḥ paṇḍito vīravratapālakaś ca | śāstratātparyaṃ yathārthato jñātuṃ śaktis tvayi kathaṃcid api nāsti || śāstrārthasūkṣmadarśī yo dharmaniścayakovidaḥ | tenāpy evaṃ na vācyo 'haṃ yadi dharmaṃ prapaśyasi ||
Dijo Yudhiṣṭhira: «Eres docto sólo en la ciencia de las armas y observas los votos del guerrero; pero no posees en verdad la capacidad de conocer el sentido real de las escrituras. Ni siquiera quien ve el significado sutil del śāstra y es diestro en determinar el dharma me instruiría de este modo. Si de veras tienes visión del dharma, reconocerás la verdad de lo que digo».
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Martial expertise and adherence to a warrior’s code do not automatically qualify someone to interpret śāstra or to pronounce on dharma. True authority in ethical counsel requires subtle discernment of scriptural intent and competence in dharma-niścaya (reasoned moral determination).
Yudhiṣṭhira rebukes an interlocutor who is offering him advice in a manner Yudhiṣṭhira deems presumptuous or shallow. He contrasts mere proficiency in weapons and vows with the deeper qualification needed to instruct him on dharma, asserting that even genuine experts would not speak to him that way.