Shloka 32
Gṛhastha-vṛtti and Niyama: Models of Householder Livelihood and Discipline (गृहस्थवृत्ति-नियमाः)
धर्म करोमीति करोत्यधर्म- मधर्मकामश्न करोति धर्मम् | उभे बाल: कर्मणी न प्रजानन् स जायते म्रियते चापि देही
dharmaṃ karomīti karoty adharmaṃ dharmakāmaś ca karoti dharmam | ubhe bālaḥ karmaṇī na prajānann sa jāyate mriyate cāpi dehī ||
毗耶娑说：迷妄之人自谓“我在行达摩”，实则可能在作非达摩；即便渴求达摩者，也会因迷乱与忧悲而做出违背达摩之事。既不真知两类行为，幼稚而无辨识的有身者在无明中行事——时而称非达摩为“达摩”，时而怀非达摩之意却造作达摩——因此一次又一次地出生，又一次又一次地死去。
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Without discernment, a person can mislabel actions—doing adharma while believing it to be dharma, or producing dharma while intending adharma. Such ignorance-bound action sustains saṃsāra, leading to repeated birth and death.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on right conduct and liberation-oriented ethics, Vyāsa explains to the listener that moral intention alone is insufficient; clear understanding of dharma is required, otherwise one remains trapped in the cycle of rebirth.