Shloka 14
Dharma-Pramāṇa-Vicāra: The Elusiveness of Dharma and the Limits of Rule-Lists
पृथग्भूतेषु सृष्टेषु चतुर्थाश्रमकर्मसु । समाधौ योगमेवैतच्छाण्डिल्य: शममब्रवीत्
pṛthagbhūteṣu sṛṣṭeṣu caturthāśramakarmasu | samādhau yogam evaitac chāṇḍilyaḥ śamam abravīt |
毗耶娑说：“众生既被造作而各各有别，第四住期（出离、遁世）之法亦已宣说；我所述之三摩地，正是此瑜伽本身。圣者商提利耶（Śāṇḍilya）在奥义书的教诲中，称之为‘śama’——内在的寂静。”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse equates the meditative culmination (samādhi) taught as yoga with the Upaniṣadic virtue called śama—inner calm and mental restraint—showing that renunciant discipline is fundamentally an inward practice of stilling the mind.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, Vyāsa clarifies terminology: the same inner practice he has explained under samādhi/yoga is referred to by the sage Śāṇḍilya as śama, linking Mahābhārata teaching with Upaniṣadic discourse.