Shloka 24
अव्यक्त-प्रबोधः (Awakening to the Unmanifest): The 25th and 26th Principles and Eligibility for Brahma-vidyā
स्वेषु दारेषु संतोष: शौच॑ नित्यानसूयता । आत्मज्ञानं तितिक्षा च धर्मा: साधारणा नृप
sveṣu dāreṣu santoṣaḥ śaucaṃ nityān asūyatā | ātmajñānaṃ titikṣā ca dharmāḥ sādhāraṇā nṛpa ||
പരാശരൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ നൃപാ! സ്വന്തം ഭാര്യയിൽ തൃപ്തി, ശൗചം (ശുദ്ധി/പവിത്രത), നിത്യ അനസൂയത (അസൂയയും കുറ്റം കാണലും ഇല്ലായ്മ), ആത്മജ്ഞാനം, തിതിക്ഷ (സഹിഷ്ണുത)—ഇവയാണ് പൊതുധർമ്മങ്ങൾ.
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse lists sādhāraṇa-dharmas—universal ethical duties: fidelity/contentment within one’s own marriage, purity, freedom from envy and fault-finding, self-knowledge, and forbearance. Together they stabilize personal conduct and social order.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma, the sage Parāśara addresses a king and summarizes foundational virtues that apply broadly to all people, presenting them as common standards of righteous living.