Shloka 146
ज्येष्ठ-कनिष्ठ-धर्मः — Duties of Elders and Juniors
Anuśāsana-parva 108
यत्नवान् भव राजेन्द्र यत्नवान् सुखमेधते । अप्रधृष्यश्न शत्रूणां भृत्यानां स्वजनस्य च
yatnavān bhava rājendra yatnavān sukham edhate | apradhṛṣyaś ca śatrūṇāṁ bhṛtyānāṁ svajanasya ca, nareśvara |
ビーシュマは言った。「励め、王の中の最上者よ。励む者は安らかに栄える。たゆまぬ努力によって、統治者は攻め難き者となる—敵の目にも、また自国の民と家臣の間においてさえ。ゆえに人の主よ、クシャトリヤはダヌルヴェーダ／武器の学の修得、ヴェーダの学習、さらに象・馬の騎乗や戦車の御し方といった実際の王者の技に努めねばならぬ。努力こそが、確かな進展と権威の根である。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma teaches that sustained effort (yatna/udyama) is the foundation of a king’s prosperity and security. A ruler who trains diligently—intellectually and militarily—becomes difficult to overpower and gains stable authority among enemies as well as within his own household and administration.
In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction section, Bhīṣma continues advising Yudhiṣṭhira on royal duty (rājadharma). Here he urges the king to be industrious and to cultivate the practical and scriptural disciplines expected of a kṣatriya, emphasizing that diligence leads to flourishing and invulnerability.