Shloka 2
युधिछिर उवाच कि श्रेय: पुरुषस्येह कि कुर्वन् सुखमेधते । विपाप्मा स भवेत् केन कि वा कल्मषनाशनम्
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: kiṃ śreyaḥ puruṣasyeha kiṃ kurvan sukham edhate | vipāpmā sa bhavet kena kiṃ vā kalmaṣanāśanam ||
យុធិષ્ઠិរ បានទូលថា៖ «ឱ ពិតាមហា! នៅក្នុងលោកនេះ អ្វីជាកុសលប្រសើរបំផុតសម្រាប់មនុស្ស? ដោយធ្វើអ្វី ទើបគាត់រីកចម្រើនក្នុងសុខ? ដោយអនុវត្តអ្វី ទើបគាត់រួចផុតពីបាប? ហើយកិច្ចការណាដែលបំផ្លាញស្នាមមលិនសីលធម៌បានជាងគេ?»
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a classic dharma-inquiry: identifying the action(s) that lead to true welfare (śreyas), worldly happiness, and moral purification—setting up Bhīṣma’s ethical instruction on conduct that removes sin and promotes well-being.
In Anuśāsana Parva’s didactic setting, Yudhiṣṭhira approaches the elder Bhīṣma as a moral authority and asks a sequence of practical questions about the best good, the source of happiness, and the means of erasing sin, inviting a systematic teaching in response.