Shloka 55
एकान्तिधर्म-प्रश्नः (Inquiry into Ekāntin Dharma) / The Origin and Practice of Single-Pointed Nārāyaṇa-Centered Discipline
जम्मुर्यथेप्सितं देशं तपसे कृतनिश्चया: । धारणा: सर्वलोकानां सर्वधर्मप्रवर्तका:
jammur yathepsitaṁ deśaṁ tapase kṛtaniścayāḥ | dhāraṇāḥ sarvalokānāṁ sarvadharmapravartakāḥ ||
ततः तपसे कृतनिश्चयाः सर्वलोकधारणाः सर्वधर्मप्रवर्तकाः ते ऋषयः यथेप्सितं देशं जग्मुः।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is sustained and propagated through disciplined resolve (niścaya) and tapas; those who uphold society and the worlds do so by committing themselves to austere practice and purposeful action.
Bhishma describes sages who, after receiving and transmitting sacred instruction in the primordial context, determine to perform austerities and then depart to their chosen regions to establish and promote dharma across the worlds.