Shloka 2
अध्याय २८६ — पराशर-उपदेशः
Ethical Restraint, Mortality, and Karma
भीष्य उवाच अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् । नारदस्य च संवादं समड्रस्य च भारत,भीष्मजीने कहा--भरतनन्दन! इस विषयमें विद्वान् पुरुष देवर्षि नारद और समड्ढके संवादरूप प्राचीन इतिहासका उदाहरण दिया करते हैं
bhīṣma uvāca | atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam | nāradasya ca saṃvādaṃ samaṅgasya ca bhārata ||
ビーシュマは言った。「このことについても、バーラタよ、学識ある者たちは古の先例——古伝の一話——を引く。すなわち、天界の聖仙ナーラダとサマンガ（Samaṅga）との対話である。」
भीष्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma signals that the point under discussion should be understood through an authoritative traditional exemplum: an ancient narrative framed as a dialogue, which serves as a moral and dharmic precedent.
Bhishma transitions into a cited story: he introduces an old itihasa in the form of a conversation between the sage Narada and Samaṅga, addressed to the listener as ‘Bharata’ (Yudhiṣṭhira).