Shloka 64
Dharma-vyādha’s Analysis of Moral Decline and the Mahābhūta–Guṇa Schema (धर्मव्याधोपदेशः)
युधिछिर उवाच पुन: पुनरहं श्रीतुं कथां धर्मसमा श्रयाम् । पुण्यामिच्छामि धर्मज्ञ कथ्यमानां त्वया विभो,युधिष्ठिरे कहा--धर्मज्ञ विभो! आपके द्वारा कही हुई पुण्यमय धर्मकी चर्चा मैं बारंबार सुनना चाहता हूँ
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca punaḥ punar ahaṃ śrotuṃ kathāṃ dharmasamāśrayām | puṇyām icchāmi dharmajña kathyamānāṃ tvayā vibho ||
Yudhiṣṭhira said: “Again and again I wish to hear this discourse that rests upon dharma. O knower of dharma, O mighty one—tell me that sacred account as you have been relating it.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights śravaṇa (attentive listening) to dharma-centered teaching as itself a valued ethical practice: one should repeatedly seek narratives and instructions rooted in dharma, regarding them as puṇya (spiritually meritorious) and transformative.
Yudhiṣṭhira, positioned as a seeker of righteousness, addresses a revered speaker (called dharmajña and vibhu) and requests that the ongoing dharma-oriented account be told again, expressing eagerness to hear it repeatedly for its sacred and instructive value.