Shloka 9
धर्मद्वारबहुत्वविमर्शः — Reflection on the Many ‘Doors’ of Dharma (Śānti-parva 342)
सांख्ये च योगशास्त्रे च आयुर्वेदे तथैव च | बहूनि मम नामानि कीर्तितानि महर्षिभि:,श्रीभगवान्ने कहा--अर्जुन! ऋग्वेद, यजुर्वेद, सामवेद, अथर्ववेद, उपनिषद्, पुराण, ज्योतिष, सांख्यशास्त्र, योगशास्त्र तथा आयुर्वेदमें महर्षियोंने मेरे बहुत-से नाम कहे हैं
sāṅkhye ca yogaśāstre ca āyurvede tathaiva ca | bahūni mama nāmāni kīrtitāni maharṣibhiḥ ||
സാംഖ്യത്തിലും യോഗശാസ്ത്രത്തിലും, അതുപോലെ ആയുർവേദത്തിലും—മഹർഷിമാർ എന്റെ അനേകം നാമങ്ങൾ കീർത്തിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്।
अर्जुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The Divine is approached and described through multiple authoritative knowledge-systems—philosophical (Sāṅkhya), practical-spiritual (Yoga), and life-science (Āyurveda). This supports an ethical vision of dharma that is comprehensive: wisdom, discipline, and care for life are all legitimate avenues that honor the same ultimate reality.
A speaker affirms that great seers have already praised and recorded many divine names across respected śāstric traditions. The point is to ground the discussion in established lineage (ṛṣi testimony) and to show continuity between spiritual teaching and broader bodies of learning.