Shloka 33
Bhīṣma on the Śara-Śayyā: Yudhiṣṭhira and Kṛṣṇa Approach the Eldest for Śānti
योगे सांख्ये च नियता ये च धर्मा: सनातना: । चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य यश्नोक्तो धर्मो न सम विरुध्यते
yoge sāṅkhye ca niyatā ye ca dharmāḥ sanātanāḥ | cāturvarṇyasya yaś cokto dharmo na samavirudhyate ||
വൈശമ്പായനൻ പറഞ്ഞു—“യോഗത്തിലും സാംഖ്യത്തിലും നിശ്ചയിക്കപ്പെട്ട സനാതന ധർമ്മങ്ങളും, ചാതുർവർണ്യത്തിനായി ഉപദേശിച്ച ധർമ്മവും—ഇവ പരസ്പരം വിരുദ്ധമല്ല.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the eternal disciplines taught in Yoga and Sāṅkhya do not conflict with the dharma prescribed for the four varṇas; inner spiritual practice and outward social-ethical duty can be harmonized rather than treated as rival systems.
In Śānti Parva’s instructional setting, Vaiśampāyana continues conveying a doctrinal clarification: different authoritative frameworks for dharma—philosophical/spiritual (Yoga, Sāṅkhya) and socio-ritual (cāturvarṇya duties)—are presented as compatible, guiding conduct after the war toward stability and right living.