Prakaraṇa 3 · Verse 30

शमो ऽयं परमो धर्मो यतो नान्यत् परमं सुखम्

śamo 'yaṃ paramo dharmo yato nānyat paramaṃ sukham

This stillness is the supreme dharma, because there is no greater happiness than it.

The assertion that śama is paramo dharma—the supreme dharma—situates stillness not as a technique but as the very foundation of all virtuous existence. *