Shloka 84
Āścarya-kathana: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Dialogue on Sūrya (Vivasvat) and the ‘Second Sun’ Phenomenon
एष ते कथितो धर्म: सात्वत: कुरुनन्दन । कुरुष्वैनं यथान्यायं यदि शक्तोडसि भारत,भरतभूषण! कुरुनन्दन! यह तुम्हें सात्वत-धर्मका परिचय दिया गया है। यदि तुमसे हो सके तो यथोचितरूपसे इस धर्मका पालन करो
eṣa te kathito dharmaḥ sātvataḥ kurunandana | kuruṣvainaṃ yathānyāyaṃ yadi śakto 'si bhārata ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “O delight of the Kurus, the Sātvata dharma has now been explained to you. If you are able, O Bhārata, then practice this dharma in the manner that is just and proper.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Having heard the Sātvata dharma, the listener is urged to embody it—not merely to know it—by practicing it in a way that accords with nyāya (justice and propriety), and only to the extent of one’s real capacity.
Vaiśampāyana concludes a section of instruction by telling a Kuru prince (addressed as Kurunandana and Bhārata) that the teaching on Sātvata dharma has been delivered and should now be put into practice rightly.