Shloka 121
Varṇa-dharma and Rājadharma: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Normative Outline (वर्णधर्म-राजधर्म-प्रश्नोत्तरम्)
न जरा न च दुर्भिक्ष नाधयो व्याधयस्तथा
na jarā na ca durbhikṣa nādhayo vyādhayas tathā
ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಜರೆಯೂ ಇಲ್ಲ, ದುರ್ಭಿಕ್ಷವೂ ಇಲ್ಲ; ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಕಷ್ಟಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ರೋಗಗಳೂ ಆ ರೀತಿಯಾಗಿ ಉಂಟಾಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma highlights the marks of a well-ordered, dharma-governed realm: when righteousness prevails, social and natural conditions are described as free from the great scourges—senescence, famine, and widespread affliction—signifying collective welfare as a fruit of dharma.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and statecraft. Here he is describing an ideal condition (often of a righteous age or well-ruled kingdom) where common calamities like famine and disease do not trouble people.