Shloka 18
जापक–इक्ष्वाकु–सत्यविवादः
The Jāpaka, Ikṣvāku, and the Dispute on Truth and Merit
उज्छवृत्तिर्गुहस्थो यः स्वधर्माचरणे रत: । त्यक्तकामसुखारम्भ: स्वर्गस्तस्य न दुर्लभ:
ujchavṛttir guhāstho yaḥ svadharmācaraṇe rataḥ | tyaktakāmasukhārambhaḥ svargas tasya na durlabhaḥ ||
婆罗堕阇说道：若有家住者以拾遗为生——以人所遗留之物自养——专志奉行自身之法，而舍弃由感官之乐所驱使的一切营作，则对其而言，天界并非难得。
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
A householder can attain high spiritual reward by faithfully practicing svadharma with extreme simplicity (ujchavṛtti) and by renouncing pleasure-driven undertakings; inner discipline, not prosperity, is presented as the decisive factor.
In the didactic discourse of the Śānti Parva, Bharadvāja states a normative rule: he describes an ideal gṛhastha who lives by gleaning and restrains sensual pursuits, and he declares that such a person’s attainment of svarga is easy.