Shloka 30
Pratyakṣa–Āgama–Ācāra: Doubt, Proof, and the Practice of Dharma (प्रत्यक्ष–आगम–आचारविचारः)
चारों वेदोंमें निष्णात होना और सब जीवोंके प्रति सरलताका बर्ताव करना--ये दोनों एक समान समझे जाते हैं अथवा सरलताका ही महत्त्व अधिक माना जाता है ।।
ārjavaṃ dharmam ity āhur adharmaḥ jihma ucyate | ārjaveneha saṃyukto naro dharmeṇa yujyate ||
Mahādeva mengajarkan: kelurusan (arjava) itulah yang disebut dharma, sedangkan kelicikan yang bengkok disebut adharma. Orang yang di dunia ini berpaut pada kelurusan, sungguh berpaut pada dharma dan menjadi layak menerima buahnya. Bahkan kepandaian atas keempat Weda dipandang setara—dan di beberapa hal lebih rendah—dibanding kemurnian batin ini.
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is identified with ārjava—straightforward, honest, non-deceptive conduct—whereas crookedness (jihmatā) is adharma. Ethical integrity is presented as a decisive marker of righteousness, even outweighing mere scholarly attainment.
Śrī Maheśvara is instructing the listener within the Anuśāsana Parva’s didactic setting, defining dharma through character and behavior: the truly dhārmic person is one who lives with simplicity and sincerity and thereby becomes entitled to dharma’s results.