Shloka 77
Adhyāya 208: Aṅgirasī-kanyāḥ
Enumeration of Aṅgiras’ daughters and attribute-names
आरम्भोन्याययुक्तो य: स हि धर्म इति स्मृत: । अनाचारस्त्वधर्मेति एतच्छिष्टानुशासनम्,“जो आरम्भ न्याययुक्त हो, वही धर्म कहा गया है। इसके विपरीत जो अनाचार है, वह अधर्म है'--ऐसा शिष्ट पुरुषोंका कथन है
ārambho nyāya-yukto yaḥ sa hi dharma iti smṛtaḥ | anācāras tv adharma iti etac chiṣṭānuśāsanam ||
狩人は言った。「始まりそのものが正義にかなう企てこそ、ダルマと記憶される。だが正しい作法から外れた振る舞いはアダルマである――これが教養と規律を備えた人々の伝える教えだ。」
व्याध उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is identified not merely by outward results but by the justice and propriety present from the very start of an action; actions rooted in nyāya are dharma, while deviation into anācāra is adharma, as affirmed by the exemplary tradition (śiṣṭānuśāsana).
In the Vana Parva’s dialogue, the hunter (vyādha) instructs the listener on ethical discernment, defining dharma through the criterion of a just and proper beginning and contrasting it with adharma as improper conduct, citing the authority of cultured elders.