Shloka 8
अर्जुनस्य युधिष्ठिरं प्रति क्षात्रधर्मोपदेशः | Arjuna’s Counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira on Kṣatra-Dharma
स भवान् सर्वधर्मज्ञो धर्मात्मा भरतर्षभ । राजा मनीषी निपुणो लोके दृष्टपरावर:
sa bhavān sarvadharmajño dharmātmā bharatarṣabha | rājā manīṣī nipuṇo loke dṛṣṭaparāvaraḥ ||
ವೈಶಂಪಾಯನನು ಹೇಳಿದನು— ಓ ಭರತರ್ಷಭ, ನೀನು ಸರ್ವಧರ್ಮಜ್ಞ, ಧರ್ಮಾತ್ಮ, ರಾಜ, ಮನುಷ್ಯ, ಕಾರ್ಯನಿಪುಣ, ಮತ್ತು ಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಮೀಪ-ದೂರ—ಮುಂದೆ-ಹಿಂದೆ—ಎಲ್ಲ ಪರಿಣಾಮಗಳನ್ನು ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟವಾಗಿ ನೋಡುವವನು.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises the ideal ruler as one grounded in dharma, endowed with reflective intelligence, practical competence, and foresight—able to judge actions by their wider and long-term consequences.
Vaiśampāyana addresses a Bharata king with honorific epithets, establishing his moral and intellectual authority as a fit recipient for counsel on dharma and governance in the Śānti Parva context.