Shloka 336
Bhīṣma on the Śara-Śayyā: Yudhiṣṭhira and Kṛṣṇa Approach the Eldest for Śānti
सेव्यमान: सवैयाख्यो गाड़ेय विदितस्तव । “गड़ानन्दन! योग और सांख्यमें जो सनातन धर्म नियत हैं तथा चारों वर्णोंके लिये जो अविरोधी धर्म बताया गया है
sevyamānaḥ savaiyākhyo gāḍeya viditastava | gaḍānandana! yoga-sāṅkhyayoḥ yo sanātano dharmo niyataḥ tathā caturṇāṃ varṇānāṃ ye ’virodhino dharmāḥ proktāḥ, yaṃ sarve janāḥ sevante, tat sarvaṃ te vyākhyāsahitaṃ viditam |
وَیشَمپایَن نے کہا—اے گَڑا کے بیٹے! تم خوش بیان شارح کے طور پر مشہور ہو۔ یوگ اور سانکھْی میں جو ازلی و مقرر دھرم بتایا گیا ہے، اور چاروں ورنوں کے لیے جو بےتعارض فرائضِ دھرم بیان ہوئے ہیں—جن پر لوگ عموماً عمل کرتے ہیں—وہ سب تمہیں درست شرح کے ساتھ معلوم ہیں۔
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that true understanding of dharma includes both philosophical foundations (Yoga and Sāṅkhya) and practical, socially harmonizing duties for the four varṇas—dharma that is ‘avirodhī’, i.e., not self-contradictory and not disruptive to the wider moral order.
Vaiśampāyana addresses a figure called ‘Gaḍānandana/Gāḍeya’, praising him as a skilled expositor and acknowledging that he already knows—along with proper explanations—the established dharmas taught in Yoga and Sāṅkhya and the commonly practiced, non-conflicting duties for all four social orders.