Shloka 145
Varṇa-dharma and Rājadharma: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Normative Outline (वर्णधर्म-राजधर्म-प्रश्नोत्तरम्)
एतत् ते सर्वमाख्यातं महत्त्वं प्रति राजसु । कार्त्स्येन भरतश्रेष्ठ किमन्यदिह वर्तते
etat te sarvam ākhyātaṁ mahattvaṁ prati rājasu | kārtsnyena bharataśreṣṭha kim anyad iha vartate ||
ভৰতশ্ৰেষ্ঠ! ৰজাসকলৰ মহত্ত্বৰ বিষয়ে যি কিছু আছে, সেয়া মই তোমাক সম্পূৰ্ণৰূপে কৈ দিলোঁ। এতিয়া এই বিষয়ত তোমাৰ আৰু কি জানিবলৈ বাকী আছে?
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma emphasizes completeness and clarity in dharma-instruction: the standards of royal greatness (mahattva) have been fully laid out, implying that a king’s true eminence rests on understood and practiced rajadharma rather than mere power.
In the Śānti Parva dialogue, Bhīṣma—lying on the bed of arrows—concludes a section of counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira about the nature of greatness among kings, signaling that the exposition on this topic has reached its completion.