Shloka 1
त्रिवर्गविचारः
Tri-varga Deliberation: Dharma, Artha, Kāma
अपने-आप बछ। अ--काजज षष्टर्याधिकशततमो< ध्याय: मन और इन्ट्रियोंके संयमरूप दमका माहात्म्य युधिछिर उवाच स्वाध्याये कृतयत्नस्य नरस्य च पितामह । धर्मकामस्य धर्मात्मन् कि नु श्रेय इहोच्यते
Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca—svādhyāye kṛta-yatnasya narasya ca pitāmaha | dharma-kāmasya dharmātman kiṃ nu śreya iha ucyate ||
Yudhiṣṭhira thưa: “Bạch Tổ phụ, bậc có tâm hồn chính pháp—khi một người chuyên cần nơi tự học (svādhyāya) và mong sống theo dharma, thì ngay trong đời này, điều gì được tuyên xưng là thiện ích tối thượng cho người ấy?”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a dharmic inquiry: for one committed to svādhyāya (disciplined study) and eager to practice dharma, what constitutes true śreyas—practical and moral well-being in this life.
In the Śānti Parva dialogue, Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Bhīṣma as ‘Grandfather’ and asks him to define the highest good for a person devoted to sacred study and righteous living, setting up Bhīṣma’s instruction on ethical discipline.