Shloka 70
चतुर्णामपि वर्णानामाश्रमस्य विशेषत: । करोति सतत शान्तिं सावित्रीमुत्तमां पठन्,जो उत्तम गायत्री-मन्त्रका जप करता है, वह पुरुष चारों वर्णों और विशेषतः चारों आश्रमोंमें सदा शान्ति स्थापन करता है
caturṇām api varṇānām āśramasya viśeṣataḥ | karoti satataṃ śāntiṃ sāvitry-uttamāṃ paṭhan ||
Bhishma berkata: “Dengan terus-menerus melafazkan Sāvitrī yang tertinggi (mantra Gāyatrī), seseorang menegakkan kedamaian yang berkekalan bagi keempat-empat varṇa, dan—terutama sekali—bagi tatanan empat āśrama.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Regular recitation of the Sāvitrī/Gāyatrī is presented as a dhārmic discipline that generates śānti (inner and social peace), supporting the harmony of both varṇa-dharma (social duties) and āśrama-dharma (life-stage duties).
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma continues his instruction on dharma, highlighting the ethical and stabilizing power of sacred Vedic practice—here, the continual recitation of the Sāvitrī (Gāyatrī) as a means to sustain peace across society and the āśrama system.