Shloka 37
Yoga-kṛtya (योककृत्य) — Vyāsa on Sense-Restraint, Obstacles, and Brahman-Realization
कृते युगे यस्तु धर्मों ब्राह्मुणेषु प्रदृश्यते । आत्मवत्सु तपोवत्सु श्रुतवत्सु प्रतिक्तित:,सत्ययुगमें जिस चारों चरणोंवाले धर्मकी चर्चा की गयी है, वह अन्य युगोंमें भी मनको वशमें रखनेवाले तपस्वी एवं वेद-वेदान्तोंके ज्ञाता ब्राह्मणोंमें प्रतिष्ठित देखा जाता है
kṛte yuge yastu dharmo brāhmaṇeṣu pradṛśyate | ātmavatsu tapovatsu śrutavatsu ca pratiṣṭhitaḥ ||
Vyāsa berkata: Dharma yang terlihat pada Zaman Kṛta—sempurna dan teguh berdiri—juga didapati teguh dalam zaman-zaman lain, dalam kalangan brāhmaṇa yang menguasai diri, tekun bertapa, dan berpegang pada kebijaksanaan śruti (wahyu suci).
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The highest dharma associated with the Kṛta (Satya) Yuga is not confined to that age; it continues to exist wherever people—especially brāhmaṇas—maintain self-control, practice austerity, and live by Vedic/scriptural wisdom.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on righteousness and social order, Vyāsa explains how true dharma can still be recognized in later yugas by observing exemplary individuals—those disciplined in mind, committed to tapas, and established in śruti-based learning.