Shloka 143
Varṇa-dharma and Rājadharma: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Normative Outline (वर्णधर्म-राजधर्म-प्रश्नोत्तरम्)
भुवि चाधोगतं यच्च तच्च सर्व समर्पितम् | तस्मिन् पैतामहे शास्त्रे पाण्डवैतन्न संशय:
bhuvi cādhogataṃ yac ca tac ca sarvaṃ samarpitam | tasmin paitāmahe śāstre pāṇḍava etan na saṃśayaḥ |
قال بهيشما: «كلُّ ما يوجد على ظهر الأرض، وكلُّ ما يكمن تحتها أيضًا—قد بُيِّن بيانًا جامعًا وأُدرِج كلُّه في ذلك السفر العتيق الذي أعلنه الجدُّ الأكبر (براهما). يا ابنَ باندو، لا ريب في هذا.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma affirms the comprehensiveness and reliability of the primordial dharma-teaching attributed to Brahmā: it is portrayed as encompassing all realms of existence (earth and what lies beneath), and therefore as a complete ethical and cosmological authority.
During Bhishma’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira in the Śānti Parva, he emphasizes that the guidance he is citing rests on an ancient, authoritative śāstra of Brahmā, leaving no room for doubt about its scope and inclusion of all matters relevant to worldly order and conduct.