Shloka 56
Sārasvata–Dadhīca Upākhyāna at Sarasvatī Tīrtha
Balarāma’s Pilgrimage Context
विधिं च योगस्य परं कार्याकार्यस्य शास्त्रत: | संन्न्यासकृतबुद्धि त॑ ततो दृष्टवा महातपा:
vidhiṁ ca yogasya paraṁ kāryākāryasya śāstrataḥ | saṁnyāsakṛtabuddhiṁ taṁ tato dṛṣṭvā mahātapāḥ ||
ശാസ്ത്രപ്രമാണപ്രകാരം യോഗത്തിന്റെ പരമവിധിയും, ചെയ്യേണ്ടത്–ചെയ്യരുതാത്തത് എന്ന വിവേചനനിയമവും ഗ്രഹിച്ച്, മഹാതപസ്വി അവനെ നോക്കി—സന്ന്യാസത്തിൽ ദൃഢബുദ്ധിയായവനെ.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ethical clarity arises from disciplined practice (yoga) grounded in śāstra: one should discern kārya (duty) from akārya (improper action). Renunciation here chiefly means renouncing attachment and self-interest so the intellect becomes steady and fit for right action.
The narrator describes a moment where a great ascetic, after grasping the scriptural rule of yoga and moral discernment, sees a person characterized by a mind made firm through renunciation—setting a reflective, instructive tone amid the events of the Śalya Parva.