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Shloka 98

नारद–शुक संवादः

Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga

सांख्यज्ञानमधीयानो योगशास्त्रं च कृत्स्नश: । धर्माधर्म च राजेन्द्र प्राकृतं परिगर्हयन्‌

sāṅkhyajñānam adhīyāno yogaśāstraṃ ca kṛtsnaśaḥ | dharmādharmau ca rājendra prākṛtaṃ parigarhayan ||

毗湿摩说道:“王中之最啊,既研习数论之智,又尽通瑜伽之教,并能辨明法与非法者,当在其违背正义之时,呵责那仅仅出于‘自然’的东西——凡夫未加陶冶的粗朴冲动。”

सांख्यज्ञानम्Sāṅkhya-knowledge
सांख्यज्ञानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसांख्यज्ञान
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अधीयानःstudying/reciting
अधीयानः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootअधि-इ (अधीते)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)
योगशास्त्रम्the Yoga treatise
योगशास्त्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयोगशास्त्र
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
कृत्स्नशःentirely, in full
कृत्स्नशः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकृत्स्नशस्
धर्मम्dharma (righteousness)
धर्मम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अधर्मम्adharma (unrighteousness)
अधर्मम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअधर्म
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
राजेन्द्रO best of kings
राजेन्द्र:
TypeNoun
Rootराजेन्द्र
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
प्राकृतम्worldly/natural (common)
प्राकृतम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootप्राकृत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
परिगर्हयन्censuring, condemning
परिगर्हयन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootपरि-गर्ह्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
Y
Yudhiṣṭhira (implied by rājendra)
S
Sāṅkhya
Y
Yoga

Educational Q&A

True ethical discernment arises from comprehensive study of Sāṅkhya (right understanding) and Yoga (right practice). With that discernment, one should not excuse harmful conduct as merely ‘natural’; instinct and habit must be judged and restrained by dharma.

In the Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs King Yudhiṣṭhira on righteous living and governance. Here he emphasizes that philosophical knowledge and yogic discipline together enable a king (and any person) to distinguish dharma from adharma and to reject crude, nature-driven tendencies when they conflict with moral duty.