Shloka 56
Āścarya-kathana: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Dialogue on Sūrya (Vivasvat) and the ‘Second Sun’ Phenomenon
तेभ्यो विशिष्टां जानामि गतिमेकान्तिनां नृणाम् जो ब्राह्मण उपनिषदोंसहित सम्पूर्ण वेदोंका भलीभाँति आश्रय ले उनका विधिपूर्वक स्वाध्याय करते हैं तथा जो संन्यासधर्मका पालन करनेवाले हैं
dharmajñānena caitena suprayuktena karmaṇā | ahiṃsā-dharma-yuktena prīyate harir īśvaraḥ ||
ຈະນະເມຊະຍະ ຖາມເຖິງຈຸດໝາຍສູງສຸດຂອງຜູ້ທີ່ໝັ້ນຄົງໃນທາງເອກຈິດ. ຄຳສອນກ່າວວ່າ ພຣະຮະຣິ—ຜູ້ເປັນຈອມອຳນາດ—ຊົງພໍພຣະໄທ ເມື່ອມະນຸດເຂົ້າໃຈທຳມະນີ້ຢ່າງແທ້ຈິງ ແລະນຳໄປປະຕິບັດໂດຍການກະທຳທີ່ຖືກທິດທາງ ອັນຕັ້ງຢູ່ເທິງປະຕິຍານອະຫິງສາ (ບໍ່ເຮັດຮ້າຍ). ທຳມະທີ່ດຳລົງຢູ່ໃນຊີວິດ ພ້ອມດ້ວຍປັນຍາພາຍໃນ ແລະການຂັດເກົາຈິດໃຈ ຖືກຊູມຊູມວ່າເປັນທາງແນ່ນອນໄປສູ່ຄວາມດີສູງສຸດ ແລະປະໂຫຍດສູງສຸດ.
जनमेजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that God (Hari, the Lord) is pleased not merely by learning, but by dharma understood and enacted: properly directed action (karma) that is explicitly joined to ahiṃsā (non-violence). Ethical restraint and correct practice are presented as the decisive spiritual means.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and right living, Janamejaya’s inquiry frames a discussion of the highest path. The response emphasizes that the supreme outcome belongs to those whose conduct embodies dharma through disciplined action and non-violence, culminating in devotion to Hari.