Shloka 30
Pratyakṣa–Āgama–Ācāra: Doubt, Proof, and the Practice of Dharma (प्रत्यक्ष–आगम–आचारविचारः)
चारों वेदोंमें निष्णात होना और सब जीवोंके प्रति सरलताका बर्ताव करना--ये दोनों एक समान समझे जाते हैं अथवा सरलताका ही महत्त्व अधिक माना जाता है ।।
ārjavaṃ dharmam ity āhur adharmaḥ jihma ucyate | ārjaveneha saṃyukto naro dharmeṇa yujyate ||
Itinuturo ni Mahādeva na ang pagiging tuwid ang tinatawag na dharma, at ang pagiging baluktot o mapanlinlang ang tinatawag na adharma. Ang taong nakakabit sa katapatan at kasimplihan ng asal ay tunay na nakaayon sa dharma sa mundong ito at karapat-dapat tumanggap ng mga bunga nito. Sa bigat na etikal, ang ganitong panloob na pagkamatuwid ay itinuturing na kapantay—kung hindi man higit pa—sa simpleng pagkamahusay sa apat na Veda.
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is identified with ārjava—straightforward, honest, non-deceptive conduct—whereas crookedness (jihmatā) is adharma. Ethical integrity is presented as a decisive marker of righteousness, even outweighing mere scholarly attainment.
Śrī Maheśvara is instructing the listener within the Anuśāsana Parva’s didactic setting, defining dharma through character and behavior: the truly dhārmic person is one who lives with simplicity and sincerity and thereby becomes entitled to dharma’s results.