Shloka 3
नारद–शुक संवादः (Nārada–Śuka Dialogue): Tyāga, Saṃyama, and Vyakta–Avyakta Viveka
पृथक् पृथक् प्रपश्यन्ति ये<प्यबुद्धिरता नरा: । वयं तु राजन् पश्याम एकमेव तु निश्चयात्
pṛthak pṛthak prapaśyanti ye 'py abuddhiratā narāḥ | vayaṃ tu rājan paśyāma ekam eva tu niścayāt ||
Yājñavalkya dit : «Ô Roi, les hommes voués à l’ignorance—quand bien même ils discourent sur ces matières—perçoivent les deux śāstra comme entièrement séparés. Mais nous, ô Roi, après les avoir examinés avec discernement et être parvenus à une certitude ferme, les voyons comme un seul et même enseignement.»
याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ignorance makes people insist on rigid divisions between teachings, but careful inquiry leads to the conviction that the two śāstras ultimately point to a single truth and are to be understood as harmonized rather than opposed.
In a didactic exchange in Śānti Parva, the sage Yājñavalkya addresses a king and corrects a perceived conflict between two scriptural authorities, asserting that only the undiscerning see contradiction, while the wise discern underlying unity.