Shloka 1
धर्म्यविजय-नियमाः
Rules for Dharmic Victory in Kṣatriya Engagement
(दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठके ५ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल १८ श्लोक हैं) ऑपन--माजर बक। -ज॑ऑ:डिे् पञ्चनवतितमो< ध्याय: विजयाभिलाषी राजाके धर्मानुकूल बर्ताव तथा युद्धनीतिका वर्णन युधिछिर उवाच अथ यो विजिगीषित क्षत्रिय: क्षत्रियं युधि । कस्तस्य विजये धर्मों होतं पृष्टो वदस्व मे
Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: atha yo vijigīṣuḥ kṣatriyaḥ kṣatriyaṃ yudhi | kas tasya vijaye dharmo hotaṃ pṛṣṭo vadasva me ||
Yudhiṣṭhira berkata: “Wahai Kakek, bila seorang raja kṣatriya yang mendambakan kemenangan berperang melawan kṣatriya lain, dharma apakah yang menuntunnya kepada kemenangan? Aku bertanya—jelaskan kepadaku.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a rājadharma inquiry: victory in war is not treated as mere force or strategy, but as something that must be grounded in dharma—rightful conduct and duty—especially when one kṣatriya confronts another.
In the Śānti Parva dialogue, Yudhiṣṭhira approaches Bhīṣma as an authority on dharma and asks what code of conduct a conquest-seeking king should follow to attain victory in a war against another king.