Shloka 643
Āścarya-kathana: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Dialogue on Sūrya (Vivasvat) and the ‘Second Sun’ Phenomenon
ऋषीणां संनिधौ राजन् शृण्वतो: कृष्णभीष्मयो: । प्रजानाथ! इस प्रकार मेरे धर्मज्ञ गुरु द्विजश्रेष्ठ भगवान् व्यासने श्रीकृष्ण और भीष्मके सुनते हुए ऋषि-मुनियोंके समीप धर्मराजको इस धर्मका उपदेश किया था
ṛṣīṇāṃ saṃnidhau rājan śṛṇvatoḥ kṛṣṇabhīṣmayoḥ | prajānātha! iti prakāraṃ me dharmajño guruḥ dvijaśreṣṭho bhagavān vyāsaḥ śrīkṛṣṇaṃ ca bhīṣmaṃ ca śṛṇvataḥ ṛṣimunīnāṃ samīpe dharmarājaṃ etasya dharmasya upadeśaṃ kṛtavān |
Vaiśampāyana sprach: „O König, in Gegenwart der Weisen, während Kṛṣṇa und Bhīṣma zuhörten, unterwies mein dharmakundiger Lehrer—der Vornehmste unter den Dvija, der ehrwürdige Vyāsa—so den Dharmarāja in dieser Lehre von der Rechtschaffenheit. Der Rat wurde nahe bei den versammelten Sehern vorgetragen, damit königliche Pflicht im Zeugnis geistlicher Autorität und im aufmerksamen Hören der Großen gegründet sei.“
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames dharma as an authoritative teaching transmitted in a formal setting: Vyāsa, the revered sage, instructs Dharmarāja on righteousness in the presence of other sages, with Kṛṣṇa and Bhīṣma as attentive witnesses—emphasizing that ethical governance is grounded in śāstra-informed counsel and careful listening.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that Vyāsa delivered a discourse on dharma to Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmarāja). The instruction occurs before an assembly of ṛṣis, while Kṛṣṇa and Bhīṣma listen, highlighting a public, tradition-sanctioned transmission of moral and political guidance in the Śānti Parva context.