Shloka 15
असंतोषादिदोष-निरूपणम्
On the Faults of Discontent and the Discipline of Detachment
पन्थानौ पितृयानश्व देवयानश्व विश्रुतौ । ईजाना: पितृयानेन देवयानेन मोक्षिण:
panthānau pitṛyānaś ca devayānaś ca viśrutau | ījānāḥ pitṛyānena devayānena mokṣiṇaḥ ||
ユディシュティラは言った。「よく知られた二つの道がある。祖霊の道（pitṛyāna）と神々の道（devayāna）である。祖霊の道に従って祭祀を行う者は祖霊の行路に至り、神々の道を進む者は解き放たれて、解脱に到る。」
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse distinguishes two classical spiritual trajectories: pitṛyāna, linked with sacrificial/ritual merit and the ancestral realm, and devayāna, linked with the higher divine course culminating in liberation (mokṣa). It frames ethical-spiritual choice as a choice of path shaped by one’s practice and aim.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and ultimate good, Yudhiṣṭhira raises a doctrinal point about the well-known ‘two paths’ taught in śāstric tradition, contrasting outcomes for ritual performers and those who follow the divine path toward release.