Shloka 34
Prāyaścitta-vidhāna: Tapas, Dāna, Vrata, and Proportional Expiation (प्रायश्चित्तविधानम्)
देवानषीन् मनुष्यांश्व पितृन् गृह्माश्व देवता:
devān ṛṣīn manuṣyāṁś ca pitṝn gṛhyāṁś ca devatāḥ
毗耶娑说道：“诸天神祇包容并维系一切众类——天神、仙圣（ṛṣi）、人类、祖灵（Pitṛ），乃至家宅之力与主祭之神。”在《寂静篇》的伦理脉络中，此句强调：达摩不仅是社会法度，更是宇宙秩序，使人与圣贤、祖先以及护持生命与祭祀责任的神圣力量相连。
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma operates across multiple planes: humans are ethically and ritually connected to sages (knowledge), ancestors (gratitude and continuity), and deities (cosmic governance). Right conduct therefore includes honoring these relationships through duty, restraint, and appropriate rites.
Vyāsa is enumerating categories of beings/powers—gods, sages, humans, ancestors, and household presiding deities—to frame a teaching in Śānti Parva that situates human conduct within a wider sacred and moral ecology.