Parashar Gita (

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; stem form ; nominal singular , ,) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in northwest South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cultural ...

: पराशर गीता,

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: ''Parāśara-Gītā'') also written as ''Parashara Geeta'' is the collection of the philosophical dialogues and discourses between the

Vedic upright=1.2, The Vedas are ancient Sanskrit texts of Hinduism. Above: A page from the '' Atharvaveda''. The Vedas ( or ; ), sometimes collectively called the Veda, are a large body of religious texts originating in ancient India. Composed ...

sage

Parashara Parashara (Sanskrit: पराशर; IAST: ) was a maharishi and the author of many ancient Hindu texts. He is accredited as the author of the first Purana, the Vishnu Purana, before his son Vyasa wrote it in its present form. He was the g ...

and King Janaka of

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. It is one of the sixty - four ''Gita'' texts mentioned in the ancient Indian scriptures.

Description

Parashar Gita is an Indian philosophical text in which the dialogues between the sage Parashara and the King Janaka of

are recorded in the form of

Sanskrit literature Sanskrit literature is a broad term for all literature composed in Sanskrit. This includes texts composed in the earliest attested descendant of the Proto-Indo-Aryan language known as Vedic Sanskrit, texts in Classical Sanskrit as well as some ...

. It is mentioned in the

Shanti Parva The Shanti Parva (; IAST: ''Śānti parva)'' ("Book of Peace") is the twelfth of the eighteen ''parvas'' (books) of the Indian epic ''Mahabharata''. It traditionally has three parts and 365 chapters.Ganguli, K.M. (1883–1896)Shanti Parva in ''The ...

section of the text Mahabharata. Parashara Gita is the longest Gita among the Gita texts of the Shanti Parva section in Mahabharata. It is divided into nine chapters. In the text, the sage Parashara has emphasised on the supreme importance of

Dharma Dharma (; , ) is a key concept in various Indian religions. The term ''dharma'' does not have a single, clear Untranslatability, translation and conveys a multifaceted idea. Etymologically, it comes from the Sanskrit ''dhr-'', meaning ''to hold ...

over the wealth earned by foul means. According to him, human can achieve salvation even without wealth. He quoted that many ancient sages (

Rishis In Indian religions, a ''rishi'' ( ) is an accomplished and enlightened person. They find mention in various Vedic texts. Rishis are believed to have composed hymns of the Vedas. The Post-Vedic tradition of Hinduism regards the rishis as "g ...

) had realised truth even they were not wealthy.

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