Shloka 98
नारद–शुक संवादः
Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga
सांख्यज्ञानमधीयानो योगशास्त्रं च कृत्स्नश: । धर्माधर्म च राजेन्द्र प्राकृतं परिगर्हयन्
sāṅkhyajñānam adhīyāno yogaśāstraṃ ca kṛtsnaśaḥ | dharmādharmau ca rājendra prākṛtaṃ parigarhayan ||
Bhīṣma berkata: “Wahai raja yang utama, setelah menuntut ilmu Sāṅkhya dan menguasai sepenuhnya śāstra Yoga, serta membezakan dharma dan adharma, hendaklah seseorang mengecam apa yang sekadar ‘semula jadi’—dorongan naluri yang belum terhalus—apabila ia bertentangan dengan kebenaran.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
True ethical discernment arises from comprehensive study of Sāṅkhya (right understanding) and Yoga (right practice). With that discernment, one should not excuse harmful conduct as merely ‘natural’; instinct and habit must be judged and restrained by dharma.
In the Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs King Yudhiṣṭhira on righteous living and governance. Here he emphasizes that philosophical knowledge and yogic discipline together enable a king (and any person) to distinguish dharma from adharma and to reject crude, nature-driven tendencies when they conflict with moral duty.