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 ||
マハーデーヴァは教える。端正（まっすぐさ）こそがダルマと呼ばれ、曲がりくねった狡さはアダルマと呼ばれる。誠実と質朴な行いに結ばれた人のみが、この世で真にダルマにかなって、その果を受けるにふさわしくなる。倫理の重みとして、この内なる廉直は、四ヴェーダの単なる精通に等しい—否、それ以上—とされる。
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.