Shloka 1
ऑपनआ का बा 2 एकपज्चाशर्दाधकशततमो< ध्याय: ब्राह्मणोंकी महिमाका वर्णन युधिषछ्िर उवाच के पूज्या: के नमस्कार्या: कथं वर्तेत केषु च । किमाचार: कीदृशेषु पितामह न रिष्यते
Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca—ke pūjyāḥ? ke namaskāryāḥ? kathaṁ varteta keṣu ca? kim-ācāraḥ kīdṛśeṣu, pitāmaha, na riṣyate?
ユディシュティラは言った。「祖父よ、この世で真に尊崇すべき者は誰でしょうか。誰に礼拝し、誰に挨拶を捧げるべきでしょうか。人はどのように身を処し、いかなる人々に対してどう振る舞うべきでしょうか。どのような人に対して、いかなる作法で接すれば、害や道義の過ちを招かずに済むのでしょうか。」
युधिषछ्िर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a dharma-inquiry: how to recognize those worthy of honor and how to choose appropriate conduct toward different kinds of people so that one avoids harm—socially, ethically, and spiritually.
Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Bhīṣma (as ‘Grandfather’) and asks for guidance on whom to revere and salute and how to behave toward various people—introducing Bhīṣma’s ensuing instruction on the greatness and proper honoring of the virtuous (notably brāhmaṇas in this chapter’s theme).