Shloka 12
धर्मसूक्ष्मे त्यागप्रधान्यविचारः
Subtle Dharma and the Primacy of Renunciation
इस जगत्में बहुत-से तपस्या और स्वाध्यायमें लगे हुए धर्मात्मा पुरुष देखे जाते हैं तथा ऋषि तो तपस्वी होते ही हैं। इन सबको सनातन लोकोंकी प्राप्ति होती है ।।
ajātaśatravo dhīrās tathānye vanavāsinaḥ | araṇye bahavaś caiva svādhyāyena divaṃ gatāḥ ||
尤提希提罗说道：“在这世间，人们见到许多坚贞的义人，勤修苦行（tapas）与圣典自习（svādhyāya）；而诸仙（ṛṣi）本就是苦行者。他们都得以抵达永恒之界。又有许多沉毅之士，竟无仇敌生起；亦有众多林栖之人——居于荒林，以svādhyāya之戒行而升至天界。”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights svādhyāya (disciplined sacred study) and a life of restraint—often in seclusion—as a dharmic path that yields spiritual merit and higher realms. It also praises the ethical ideal of being ‘ajātaśatru’, one who creates no enmity.
In the Śānti Parva’s inquiry into dharma, Yudhiṣṭhira points to examples of calm, harmless, forest-dwelling practitioners who, through study and austerity, attained heavenly worlds—supporting a discussion on righteous conduct beyond warfare.