Shloka 3
Gṛhastha-vṛtti and Niyama: Models of Householder Livelihood and Discipline (गृहस्थवृत्ति-नियमाः)
सत्त्ववन्तो महाभागा: पश्यन्ति प्रभवाप्ययौ | एवं धर्मेण वर्तेत क्रियां शिष्टवदाचरेत्
sattvavanto mahābhāgāḥ paśyanti prabhavāpyayau | evaṃ dharmeṇa varteta kriyāṃ śiṣṭavad ācaret |
ವ್ಯಾಸನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಸತ್ತ್ವಸಂಪನ್ನರೂ ಮಹಾಭಾಗ್ಯಶಾಲಿಗಳೂ ಆದವರು ಲೋಕದ ಉದ್ಭವ ಮತ್ತು ಲಯವನ್ನು ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟವಾಗಿ ಅರಿಯುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ಧರ್ಮಾನುಸಾರವಾಗಿ ಬದುಕಬೇಕು; ಶಿಷ್ಟರು, ಆದರ್ಶಜನರಂತೆ ಕರ್ತವ್ಯಗಳನ್ನು ಶಿಸ್ತಿನಿಂದ ಆಚರಿಸಬೇಕು.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
True ethical life is grounded in dharma and modeled on the conduct of śiṣṭas (cultured exemplars). Those established in sattva have clear insight into the transient nature of the world—its arising and dissolution—so one should perform duties and actions with disciplined, righteous propriety.
In the didactic setting of the Śānti Parva, Vyāsa delivers instruction emphasizing that spiritually refined and fortunate people discern cosmic processes (creation and dissolution). Using that insight as authority, he urges proper dharmic conduct and the imitation of exemplary social-ethical standards.