Shloka 37

Yoga-kṛtya (योककृत्य) — Vyāsa on Sense-Restraint, Obstacles, and Brahman-Realization

Devanagari script

कृते युगे यस्तु धर्मों ब्राह्मुणेषु प्रदृश्यते । आत्मवत्सु तपोवत्सु श्रुतवत्सु प्रतिक्तित:,सत्ययुगमें जिस चारों चरणोंवाले धर्मकी चर्चा की गयी है, वह अन्य युगोंमें भी मनको वशमें रखनेवाले तपस्वी एवं वेद-वेदान्तोंके ज्ञाता ब्राह्मणोंमें प्रतिष्ठित देखा जाता है

Transliteration

kṛte yuge yastu dharmo brāhmaṇeṣu pradṛśyate | ātmavatsu tapovatsu śrutavatsu ca pratiṣṭhitaḥ ||

Translation

Vyāsa nói: Dharma được thấy trong Kṛta Yuga—trọn vẹn và vững lập—cũng vẫn được thấy vững lập trong các thời đại khác, nơi những brāhmaṇa biết tự chế, chuyên cần khổ hạnh và an trú trong minh triết của śruti (thánh điển).

Word by Word

कृतेin the Kṛta (age)

युगेin the yuga/age

यःwhich/that (he/that which)

तुindeed/but

धर्मःdharma/righteousness

ब्राह्मणेषुamong/in Brahmins

प्रदृश्यतेis seen/appears

आत्मवत्सुamong the self-controlled

तपोवत्सुamong the ascetic/austere

श्रुतवत्सुamong the learned (in śruti)

प्रतिष्ठितःestablished/fixed

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Kṛta Yuga (Satya Yuga)

Brāhmaṇas

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.