“So then — to attain true Dharma, is not the discernment (viveka) born of knowledge needful in the heart?”
Dharma dwells within tradition, and it is tradition that does the work of preserving Dharma. This is true. But is tradition alone Dharma?
Chapter 12 of 35 — a single teaching, 2 min in total.
The Mahabharata is less a story with a moral than a very long argument about how to act. Its characters are given impossible situations and are judged not on the outcome but on the quality of their reasoning and the honesty of their motives.
Krishna's role throughout is the counsellor who refuses easy answers. He does not remove the difficulty; he changes what the person is able to bring to it.