Shloka 11
राजधर्मप्रश्नः — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry into Rājadharma (Śānti-parva 56)
शृणु कार्त्स्न्येन मत्तस्त्वं राजधर्मान् युधिष्ठिर । निरुच्यमानान् नियतो यच्चान्यदपि वाउ्छसि
śṛṇu kārtsnyena mattas tvaṁ rājadharmān yudhiṣṭhira | nirucyamānān niyato yac cānyad api vāñchasi ||
ភីष្ម បានមានព្រះបន្ទូលថា៖ «យុធិષ્ઠិរ! ឥឡូវនេះ ចូរអ្នកស្តាប់ពីខ្ញុំដោយគោរពវិន័យ និងផ្តោតចិត្តឲ្យមុតមាំ ខណៈដែលខ្ញុំនឹងបង្ហាញ—ដោយពេញលេញ—អំពីធម៌នៃព្រះរាជា។ ហើយអ្វីផ្សេងទៀតដែលអ្នកចង់ស្តាប់ ក៏ចូរស្តាប់វាផងដែរ»។
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames the ethical method of learning rājadharma: the student must be disciplined and attentive, and the teacher will expound the principles of righteous rule in a complete, systematic way, also accommodating further questions.
In Śānti Parva, after the war, Yudhiṣṭhira seeks guidance on righteous rule. Bhīṣma, lying on his bed of arrows, begins (and continues) a sustained instruction on royal duties, urging Yudhiṣṭhira to listen carefully to the full exposition.