Shloka 38
Vidyā–Avidyā and the Twenty-Fifth Principle
Sāṃkhya–Yoga Clarification
सर्वात्मनानुकुर्वीत गृहस्थ: कर्मनिश्चयम् । दाक्ष्येण हव्यकव्यार्थ स्वधर्मे विचरन् नृप
sarvātmanānukurvīta gṛhasthaḥ karmaniścayam | dākṣyeṇa havyakavyārtha svadharme vicaran nṛpa naraśvara |
パラーシャラは言った。「王よ、人々の主よ。家住者（グリハスタ）は、全身全霊をもって自らの務めを固く定めねばならぬ。自らのスヴァダルマ（svadharma）のうちに歩みつつ、神々と祖霊のための儀礼—供犠やシュラッダ（śrāddha）など—を巧みに執り行い、その生を安定させ、責任あるものとし、聖なる秩序に資するようにせよ。」
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that a householder must wholeheartedly commit to his prescribed duties and perform them with competence—especially the obligations toward gods (yajña/havya) and ancestors (śrāddha/kavya)—as an essential expression of svadharma.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma, the sage Parāśara addresses a king, advising him on the proper conduct of the householder stage: firm resolve in duty and skillful performance of sacrificial and ancestral rites.