Shloka 68
Adhyāya 199: Karma–Jñāna Causality and the Nirguṇa Brahman
Manu’s Instruction
सत्येन चानिनिर्दहति स्वर्ग: सत्ये प्रतिष्ठित: । सत्यं यज्ञस्तपो वेदा: स्तोभा मन्त्रा: सरस्वती
satyena cāninirdahati svargaḥ satye pratiṣṭhitaḥ | satyaṃ yajñas tapo vedāḥ stobhā mantrāḥ sarasvatī |
「真実によって天界は燃え立ち、保たれる。天そのものも真実の上に堅く据えられている。真実は供犠（ヤジュニャ）、苦行（タパス）、ヴェーダ、儀礼の唱和（ストーバ）、マントラ、そしてサラスヴァティーの精髄である――聖なるものはすべて、その核心において真実である。」
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Truth (satya) is presented as the foundational support of all sacred and ethical life: heaven is said to be sustained by truth, and sacrifice, austerity, Vedic knowledge, ritual chant, mantra, and even Sarasvatī (sacred speech/learning) are affirmed to be forms or expressions of truth.
In Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, a brāhmaṇa speaker delivers instruction emphasizing the supremacy of satya. The verse functions as a doctrinal assertion: it elevates truth as the ground of religious practice and cosmic order, linking ritual and learning back to moral integrity.