Shloka 74

Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)

Devanagari script

एते योगविदो मुख्या: सांख्यज्ञानविशारदा: । आचार्या धर्मशास्त्रेषु मोक्षधर्मप्रवर्तका:,'ये प्रमुख योगवेत्ता, सांख्यज्ञान-विशारद, धर्मशास्त्रोंके आचार्य तथा मोक्षधर्मके प्रवर्तक हैं

Transliteration

ete yogavido mukhyāḥ sāṅkhyajñānaviśāradāḥ | ācāryā dharmaśāstreṣu mokṣadharmapravartakāḥ ||

Translation

Dijo Vaiśampāyana: «Ellos son los más eminentes conocedores del Yoga, hondamente versados en la sabiduría del Sāṅkhya: maestros en los Dharmaśāstras y pioneros que pusieron en marcha la disciplina del mokṣa-dharma, el dharma de la liberación.»

Word by Word

एतेthese

योगविदःknowers of yoga

मुख्याःchief, foremost

सांख्यज्ञानविशारदाःskilled in Sāṅkhya knowledge

आचार्याःteachers, preceptors

धर्मशास्त्रेषुin the dharma-śāstras

मोक्षधर्मप्रवर्तकाःpromulgators of the dharma of liberation

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Yoga

Sāṅkhya

Dharmaśāstra

Mokṣa-dharma

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse legitimizes mokṣa-oriented instruction by grounding it in recognized authorities: exemplary yogins who also possess Sāṅkhya’s discriminative insight and mastery of Dharmaśāstra. Liberation is presented not as a private whim but as a disciplined dharma transmitted by qualified teachers.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana is describing a group of eminent sages/teachers, characterizing them as leading experts in Yoga and Sāṅkhya and as authoritative expounders of Dharmaśāstra who have established and propagated mokṣa-dharma teachings within the Śānti Parva’s broader instruction on peace and liberation.