Shloka 37
Yoga-kṛtya (योककृत्य) — Vyāsa on Sense-Restraint, Obstacles, and Brahman-Realization
कृते युगे यस्तु धर्मों ब्राह्मुणेषु प्रदृश्यते । आत्मवत्सु तपोवत्सु श्रुतवत्सु प्रतिक्तित:
kṛte yuge yastu dharmo brāhmaṇeṣu pradṛśyate | ātmavatsu tapovatsu śrutavatsu ca pratiṣṭhitaḥ ||
Wika ni Vyāsa: Ang dharma na nakikita sa Kṛta Yuga—ganap at lubos na naitatag—ay nakikitang naitatag din sa ibang mga yugto sa piling ng mga brāhmaṇa na may pagpipigil-sa-sarili, nakatuon sa tapas, at nakaugat sa banal na pagkatuto ng śruti.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The highest dharma associated with the Kṛta (Satya) Yuga is not confined to that age; it continues to exist wherever people—especially brāhmaṇas—maintain self-control, practice austerity, and live by Vedic/scriptural wisdom.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on righteousness and social order, Vyāsa explains how true dharma can still be recognized in later yugas by observing exemplary individuals—those disciplined in mind, committed to tapas, and established in śruti-based learning.