Shloka 3
त्रिवर्गविचारः
Tri-varga Deliberation: Dharma, Artha, Kāma
महानयं धर्मपथो बहुशाखश्न भारत | किंस्विदेवेह धर्माणामनुछ्ठेयतमं मतम्
mahān ayaṃ dharmapatho bahuśākhaś ca bhārata | kiṃ svid eveha dharmāṇām anuṣṭheyatamaṃ matam ||
یُدھِشٹھِر نے کہا—اے بھارت! دھرم کا یہ راستہ بہت عظیم اور بہت سی شاخوں والا ہے۔ اس دنیا میں دھرموں میں سے کون سا دھرم سب سے زیادہ قابلِ عمل سمجھا جاتا ہے؟
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames dharma as vast and multi-branched, and raises the central ethical problem of prioritization: among many legitimate duties, which is the most essential to practice in lived life.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction setting, Yudhiṣṭhira—seeking clarity after the war—asks his teacher/interlocutor to identify the foremost practicable dharma amid the many forms and branches of righteous conduct.