Shloka 10
अहिंसयित्वा ब्रह्महत्याविधानम् / Brahmahatyā incurred without physical violence
तत्रेमं शृणु मे पार्थ चतुर्णा तेजसां मतम् | पृथिव्या: काश्यपस्याग्नेर्मार्कण्डेयस्य चैव हि,कुन्तीनन्दन! इस विषयमें तुम मुझसे पृथ्वी, काश्यप, अग्नि और मार्कण्डेय--इन चार तेजस्वी व्यक्तियोंका मत सुनो
tatremaṁ śṛṇu me pārtha caturṇāṁ tejasāṁ matam | pṛthivyāḥ kāśyapasyāgner mārkaṇḍeyasya caiva hi ||
কুন্তীনন্দন পাৰ্থ! এতিয়া এই বিষয়ত মোৰ পৰা চাৰিজন তেজস্বী মহাত্মাৰ মত শুনা—পৃথিৱী, কাশ্যপ, অগ্নি আৰু মহর্ষি মার্কণ্ডেয়। ধৰ্ম আৰু অভিজ্ঞতাৰ আধাৰত তেওঁলোকৰ সাক্ষ্যই এই কথা স্পষ্ট কৰিব।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma frames the forthcoming instruction as grounded in multiple authoritative witnesses—cosmic (Earth), ancestral-sage (Kaśyapa), divine (Agni), and ascetic-seer (Mārkaṇḍeya)—implying that dharma is best understood through converging, time-tested perspectives rather than a single opinion.
In the Anuśāsana discourse, Bhīṣma continues instructing Arjuna and signals a transition: he will now recount what four eminent beings have said on the topic under discussion, preparing the listener for a cited tradition of teachings.