Shloka 21
Jñāna-yoga and Karma-phala: Manu–Bṛhaspati on Akṣara and the Limits of Mantra
सायं प्रातश्न विप्राणां पूजनं च यथाविधि । पण्यानां शोभते पण्यं कृषीणां बाद्यते कृषि:
sāyaṃ prātaś ca viprāṇāṃ pūjanaṃ ca yathāvidhi | paṇyānāṃ śobhate paṇyaṃ kṛṣīṇāṃ bādhyate kṛṣiḥ ||
ພີສະມະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໃນຍາມແລງ ແລະຍາມເຊົ້າ ຄວນບູຊາແລະໃຫ້ກຽດພຣາຫມະນະຕາມຫຼັກການຢ່າງຖືກຕ້ອງ. ການຄ້າຈະຮຸ່ງເຮືອງດ້ວຍການຄ້າທີ່ດຳເນີນຢ່າງດີ; ກະສິກຳຈະດຳລົງໄດ້ດ້ວຍການໄຖຫວ່ານຢ່າງຂະຫຍັນ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ທຳມະຂອງແຕ່ລະຄົນຈຶ່ງສຳເລັດ ເມື່ອເຂົາຍຶດໝັ້ນໃນໜ້າທີ່ອັນຖືກຕ້ອງຕາມຖານະແລະອາຊີບຂອງຕົນ»។
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is upheld through regular, rule-based reverence to the learned (brāhmaṇas) and through conscientious performance of one’s own livelihood-duties: commerce flourishes by proper commerce, and farming endures by steady cultivation.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on righteous conduct after the war. Here he emphasizes daily discipline and social order: honoring brāhmaṇas at prescribed times and performing one’s occupational duties so society remains stable and prosperous.