Shloka 336
Bhīṣma on the Śara-Śayyā: Yudhiṣṭhira and Kṛṣṇa Approach the Eldest for Śānti
सेव्यमान: सवैयाख्यो गाड़ेय विदितस्तव । “गड़ानन्दन! योग और सांख्यमें जो सनातन धर्म नियत हैं तथा चारों वर्णोंके लिये जो अविरोधी धर्म बताया गया है
sevyamānaḥ savaiyākhyo gāḍeya viditastava | gaḍānandana! yoga-sāṅkhyayoḥ yo sanātano dharmo niyataḥ tathā caturṇāṃ varṇānāṃ ye ’virodhino dharmāḥ proktāḥ, yaṃ sarve janāḥ sevante, tat sarvaṃ te vyākhyāsahitaṃ viditam |
ବୈଶମ୍ପାୟନ କହିଲେ—ହେ ଗଡାନନ୍ଦନ, ତୁମେ ସୁବ୍ୟାଖ୍ୟାତା ବୋଲି ପ୍ରସିଦ୍ଧ। ଯୋଗ ଓ ସାଂଖ୍ୟରେ ନିୟତ ସନାତନ ଧର୍ମ ଯାହା କୁହାଯାଇଛି, ଏବଂ ଚାରି ବର୍ଣ୍ଣ ପାଇଁ ଅବିରୋଧୀ ଧର୍ମ ଯାହା ନିର୍ଦ୍ଦିଷ୍ଟ—ଯାହାକୁ ସମସ୍ତେ ଆଚରଣ କରନ୍ତି—ସେ ସବୁ ତୁମକୁ ବ୍ୟାଖ୍ୟାସହିତ ଜଣା।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that true understanding of dharma includes both philosophical foundations (Yoga and Sāṅkhya) and practical, socially harmonizing duties for the four varṇas—dharma that is ‘avirodhī’, i.e., not self-contradictory and not disruptive to the wider moral order.
Vaiśampāyana addresses a figure called ‘Gaḍānandana/Gāḍeya’, praising him as a skilled expositor and acknowledging that he already knows—along with proper explanations—the established dharmas taught in Yoga and Sāṅkhya and the commonly practiced, non-conflicting duties for all four social orders.