Shloka 1
Go-dāna-phala-nirdeśa
Merit and Destinations from the Gift of Cows
युधिष्ठिरने कहा--प्रभो! आपने धर्मका उपदेश करके उसमें मेरा दृढ़ विश्वास उत्पन्न कर दिया है। पितामह! अब मैं आपसे एक और संदेह पूछ रहा हूँ, उसके विषयमें मुझे बताइये
Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca—Prabho! Bhavatā dharmopadeśaḥ kṛtaḥ, tena mama dharme dṛḍha-viśvāsaḥ utpāditaḥ. Pitāmaha! Idānīṃ tvām ahaṃ punar api anyaṃ saṃśayaṃ pṛcchāmi; tasya viṣaye me vada.
ユディシュティラは言った。「主よ、あなたがダルマを説いてくださったことで、正しさへの私の信は堅く定まりました。祖父よ、いまなお別の疑いがございます—どうかそれをお説き明かしください。」
युधिछ्िर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is to be approached through attentive listening and reflective questioning: Yudhiṣṭhira acknowledges that instruction has strengthened his conviction, yet he continues to seek clarity by raising further doubts—modeling ethical inquiry rather than blind certainty.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Yudhiṣṭhira continues his dialogue with Bhīṣma (addressed as Pitāmaha). After receiving extensive counsel on dharma, he expresses renewed confidence and then asks Bhīṣma to resolve another remaining doubt.