Shloka 33
Varṇa-dharma and Rājadharma: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Normative Outline (वर्णधर्म-राजधर्म-प्रश्नोत्तरम्)
त्रयी चान्वीक्षिकी चैव वार्ता च भरतर्षभ । दण्डनीतिश्न विपुला विद्यास्तत्र निदर्शिता:
trayī cānvīkṣikī caiva vārtā ca bharatarṣabha | daṇḍanītiś ca vipulā vidyās tatra nidarśitāḥ ||
ভীষ্মে ক’লে—হে ভৰতশ্ৰেষ্ঠ! সেই গ্ৰন্থত বেদত্রয়ী, আন্বীক্ষিকী (তৰ্ক-জ্ঞান), বাৰ্তা (কৃষি, গোৰক্ষা আৰু বাণিজ্য) আৰু দণ্ডনীতি—এই বিস্তৃত বিদ্যাসমূহৰ সম্পূৰ্ণ নিৰূপণ আছে।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma identifies the major disciplines a ruler (and society) should know: sacred learning (trayī), critical inquiry (ānvīkṣikī), material prosperity through productive economy (vārtā), and governance through law and policy (daṇḍanīti). Together they balance spiritual authority, rational discernment, wealth-creation, and just administration.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs the Bharata prince on dharma and governance. Here he points to a referenced treatise/teaching in which these broad sciences are systematically explained, emphasizing the intellectual foundations of righteous rule.