Shloka 7
Gautama’s Flight, the Enchanted Grove, and the Arrival of Rājadharma
Nāḍījaṅgha
प्राप्पते च यथा सत्यं तच्च श्रोतुमिहाहसि । सत्यं त्रयोदशविधं सर्वलोकेषु भारत
prāpyate ca yathā satyaṃ tac ca śrotum ihārhasi | satyaṃ trayodaśa-vidhaṃ sarva-lokeṣu bhārata ||
Bhishma dit : «Tu dois entendre aussi comment la vérité s’obtient ici. Ô Bharata, à travers tous les mondes, la vérité est reconnue comme ayant treize formes distinctes.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma frames truth (satya) as a nuanced ethical principle with multiple recognized forms, and he prepares the listener to learn both the means of attaining truth and its thirteenfold classification.
In the Shanti Parva’s instructional dialogue, Bhishma continues advising Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma; here he transitions specifically to a systematic teaching on truth—how it is realized and how it is categorized across the tradition.