Shloka 38
Vidyā–Avidyā and the Twenty-Fifth Principle
Sāṃkhya–Yoga Clarification
सर्वात्मनानुकुर्वीत गृहस्थ: कर्मनिश्चयम् । दाक्ष्येण हव्यकव्यार्थ स्वधर्मे विचरन् नृप
sarvātmanānukurvīta gṛhasthaḥ karmaniścayam | dākṣyeṇa havyakavyārtha svadharme vicaran nṛpa naraśvara |
Sinabi ni Parāśara: “O hari, panginoon sa mga tao, ang maybahay (gṛhastha) ay dapat magpasiya nang matatag, buong pagkatao, sa kanyang nararapat na tungkulin. Habang namumuhay sa loob ng sariling dharma (svadharma), dapat niyang isagawa nang may husay ang mga ritong ukol sa mga diyos at sa mga ninuno—gaya ng paghahandog at śrāddha—upang maging matatag, responsable, at kapaki-pakinabang sa banal na kaayusan ang kanyang buhay.”
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that a householder must wholeheartedly commit to his prescribed duties and perform them with competence—especially the obligations toward gods (yajña/havya) and ancestors (śrāddha/kavya)—as an essential expression of svadharma.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma, the sage Parāśara addresses a king, advising him on the proper conduct of the householder stage: firm resolve in duty and skillful performance of sacrificial and ancestral rites.