Shloka 21
Jñāna-yoga and Karma-phala: Manu–Bṛhaspati on Akṣara and the Limits of Mantra
सायं प्रातश्न विप्राणां पूजनं च यथाविधि । पण्यानां शोभते पण्यं कृषीणां बाद्यते कृषि:
sāyaṃ prātaś ca viprāṇāṃ pūjanaṃ ca yathāvidhi | paṇyānāṃ śobhate paṇyaṃ kṛṣīṇāṃ bādhyate kṛṣiḥ ||
毗湿摩说道：“傍晚与清晨，应依仪轨如法敬奉婆罗门。买卖因经营得当而兴盛，农事因勤耕不辍而延续。如此，各人守其本分、尽其生业之正当职责，便能成就自身之法（dharma）。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is upheld through regular, rule-based reverence to the learned (brāhmaṇas) and through conscientious performance of one’s own livelihood-duties: commerce flourishes by proper commerce, and farming endures by steady cultivation.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on righteous conduct after the war. Here he emphasizes daily discipline and social order: honoring brāhmaṇas at prescribed times and performing one’s occupational duties so society remains stable and prosperous.