Shloka 8
Saṃhāra-krama (The Sequence of Cosmic Dissolution) — Yājñavalkya’s Discourse
उभे चैते मते ज्ञाते नूपते शिष्टसम्मते । अनुषछिते यथाशास्त्र नयेतां परमां गतिम्
ubhe caite mate jñāte nṛpate śiṣṭa-sammate | anuṣṭhite yathāśāstraṃ nayetāṃ paramāṃ gatim, nareśvara ||
毗湿摩说道：“大王啊，这两种教义皆广为人知，并为雅正博学之士所尊崇。若能通晓其义，并依经典而行，便能引人趋向最高目标——究竟解脱。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
That multiple śāstra-respected paths or doctrines can be valid; if one truly understands them and practices them in accordance with scriptural discipline, they can lead to the highest end—paramā gati (mokṣa).
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs the king (Yudhiṣṭhira) on dharma after the war. Here he affirms that two recognized viewpoints—esteemed by the cultured—are both efficacious when properly understood and lived according to śāstra.