Shloka 8
Bhīṣma on the Śara-Śayyā: Yudhiṣṭhira and Kṛṣṇa Approach the Eldest for Śānti
दूरादेव तमालोक्य कृष्णो राजा च धर्मज: । चत्वार: पाण्डवाश्वैव ते च शारद्वतादय:
dūrād eva tam ālokya kṛṣṇo rājā ca dharmajaḥ | catvāraḥ pāṇḍavāś caiva te ca śāradvatādayaḥ ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。遠くから彼を見て、クリシュナと法王（ユディシュティラ）は、ほかの四人のパーンダヴァと、シャーラドヴァタ（クリパ）らの長老たちとともに、ただちにそれぞれの戦車を降りた。揺れ動く心を制し、諸感官を一点に収めて、彼らは近づき、そこに座す大聖仙たちに仕えんと侍座した。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharmic conduct through humility and inner discipline: true respect for spiritual elders is shown not only by outward gestures (dismounting, attending) but by restraining the mind and concentrating the senses, making oneself fit to receive instruction.
Kṛṣṇa, Yudhiṣṭhira, the other Pāṇḍavas, and elders like Kṛpa see an important person (and the assembly of great sages) from afar; they immediately get down from their chariots and approach with controlled minds and focused senses to sit near the sages and render service.