Shloka 46
अध्याय ३३ — कर्म, दैव, हठ, स्वभाव और पुरुषार्थ पर द्रौपदी का उपदेश
Draupadī on Action, Fate, and Human Effort
दान॑ यज्ञा: सतां पूजा वेदधारणमार्जवम् | एष धर्म: परो राजन् बलवान प्रेत्य चेह च,“महाराज! इहलोक और परलोकमें भी दान, यज्ञ, संतोंका आदर, वेदोंका स्वाध्याय और सरलता आदि ही उत्तम एवं प्रबल धर्म माने गये हैं
Vaiśampāyana uvāca | dānaṁ yajñāḥ satāṁ pūjā vedadhāraṇam ārjavam | eṣa dharmaḥ paro rājan balavān pretya ceha ca ||
Waiśampāyana berkata: “Wahai Raja, sedekah, pelaksanaan yajña, memuliakan orang-orang saleh, memelihara serta mempelajari Weda, dan kelurusan hati—semua ini dipandang sebagai dharma yang tertinggi. Dharma ini berdaya, baik di dunia ini maupun setelah kematian di alam sana.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse defines ‘supreme dharma’ as a set of sustaining virtues—charity, sacrificial duty, reverence for the virtuous, commitment to Vedic learning/preservation, and honest simplicity—stating that these yield strength and benefit both in worldly life and in the afterlife.
In Vaiśampāyana’s narration to the king, a concise ethical summary is given: the narrator enumerates practices and virtues recognized as the most powerful form of dharma, emphasizing their efficacy across both realms (iha and pretya).