Shloka 18
Gautama’s Flight, the Enchanted Grove, and the Arrival of Rājadharma
Nāḍījaṅgha
आर्यता नाम भूतानां यः करोति प्रयत्नतः । शुभं कर्म निराकारो वीतरागस्तथैव च
āryatā nāma bhūtānāṃ yaḥ karoti prayatnataḥ | śubhaṃ karma nirākāro vītarāgas tathaiva ca ||
ビーシュマは言った。「アーリヤター（āryatā、真の高貴）とは、意志ある努力をもって、衆生のために利益となる吉祥の行いを絶えずなし、しかも自己を誇示せず、執着を離れた者の心構えと振る舞いを指す名である。この高貴さは、渇愛と所有への執心を捨てることによって得られる。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
True nobility (āryatā) is not birth or status but a cultivated inner disposition: doing good for all beings with steady effort, without seeking recognition, and with freedom from attachment. Detachment is presented as the condition that makes such pure beneficence possible.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma after the war, Bhīṣma teaches Yudhiṣṭhira about virtues and right conduct. Here he defines ‘āryatā’ as unostentatious, attachment-free beneficence toward living beings.