Shloka 112
धर्मस्य बहुद्वारत्वम् — Nārada’s Audience with Indra (Śānti-parva 340)
सांख्ययोगकृतं तेन पउ्चरात्रानुशब्दितम् नारायणमुखोदगीतं नारदो5श्रावयत् पुन:
sāṅkhyayogakṛtaṃ tena pañcarātrānuśabditam | nārāyaṇamukhodgītaṃ nārado 'śrāvayat punaḥ ||
भीष्म म्हणाले—त्यानंतर त्यांनी सांख्य व योगावर आधारलेला एक उपदेश रचला; तो ‘पाञ्चरात्र’ म्हणून प्रसिद्ध झाला. तो सिद्धान्त नारायणाच्या मुखातून उद्गीत झाला होता; नारदाने तो पुन्हा इतरांना ऐकविला.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes a dharmic model of authoritative teaching: a doctrine harmonizing Sāṅkhya (discriminative knowledge) and Yoga (disciplined practice) is identified as the Pañcarātra, presented as originating from Nārāyaṇa himself and preserved through Nārada’s oral transmission—linking right knowledge, right practice, and reliable lineage.
Within Bhīṣma’s instruction in the Śānti Parva, he notes that a Sāṅkhya–Yoga-based system was formulated and became known as Pañcarātra; he further states that this teaching was first spoken by Nārāyaṇa and later made known again when Nārada recited it for others.