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Shloka 20

एक एवेति जानीहि त्रिधा धर्मस्य दर्शनम्‌ | पृथक्त्वे च न मे बुद्धिस्त्रयाणामपि वै तथा

eka eveti jānīhi tridhā dharmasya darśanam | pṛthaktve ca na me buddhis trayāṇām api vai tathā ||

จงรู้ให้แน่แท้ว่า ธรรมะมีเพียงหนึ่งเดียว แม้จะประจักษ์ได้เป็นสามประการด้วยหลักอ้างอิงทั้งสาม แต่เรามิยอมรับว่าหลักทั้งสามนั้นตั้งธรรมะที่แยกกันและแตกต่างกันโดยสิ้นเชิง

एकःone (single)
एकः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootएक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
एवindeed/only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
इतिthus (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
जानीहिknow (you should know)
जानीहि:
TypeVerb
Rootज्ञा
FormImperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
त्रिधाin three ways
त्रिधा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootत्रिधा
धर्मस्यof dharma
धर्मस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
दर्शनम्seeing/vision/understanding
दर्शनम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदर्शन
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
पृथक्त्वेin separateness/distinctness
पृथक्त्वे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपृथक्त्व
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
मेof me/my
मे:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
बुद्धिःunderstanding/opinion
बुद्धिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबुद्धि
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
त्रयाणाम्of the three
त्रयाणाम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
अपिeven/also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
वैindeed (emphatic particle)
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
तथाthus/so
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

Bhīṣma teaches that dharma is fundamentally one, even if it is approached or recognized through three different modes of understanding; the plurality lies in methods, not in the essence of dharma.

In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction section, Bhīṣma continues advising Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma, clarifying that apparently different authorities or approaches should be reconciled as pointing to a single dharmic truth rather than competing dharmas.