Shloka 29
अहिंसा-प्रधान धर्मविचारः
Ahiṃsā as the Superior Dharma: Practical and Scriptural Reasoning
धर्म: सनातनश्च त्वामिहैवानुप्रवेक्ष्यति । अहं च विबुधाश्रैव त्वद्धिते निरता: सदा,“सनातन धर्म यहीं तुम्हारे भीतर प्रवेश करेगा। मैं तथा ये सम्पूर्ण देवता सदा तुम्हारे हितमें लगे रहेंगे
dharmaḥ sanātanaś ca tvām ihaivānupravekṣyati | ahaṃ ca vibudhāś caiva tvaddhite niratāḥ sadā ||
भीष्म उवाच— “धर्मः सनातन एव त्वामिहैवानुप्रवेक्ष्यति। अहं च विबुधैः सार्धं त्वद्धिते निरताः सदा।”
पितामह उवाच
Educational Q&A
That true welfare comes when one becomes inwardly established in sanātana-dharma; ethical order is not merely external rule but something that ‘enters’ and shapes one’s character, and divine forces are said to support such a dharmic orientation.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma (lying on the bed of arrows) instructs and reassures the addressee—traditionally Yudhiṣṭhira—promising that eternal Dharma will take root in him and that Bhīṣma along with the gods will remain committed to his well-being as he undertakes righteous governance and moral restoration after the war.