Shloka 20
Brāhmaṇa-vandana: Criteria for Veneration, Disciplined Speech, and Protective Kingship (अनुशासनपर्व, अध्याय ८)
यथा भार्त्राश्रियो धर्म: स्त्रीणां लोके युधिष्ठिर । स देव: सा गतिर्नन्या क्षत्रियस्य तथा द्विजा:
yathā bhartṛ-āśrayo dharmaḥ strīṇāṃ loke yudhiṣṭhira | sa devaḥ sā gatir nānyā kṣatriyasya tathā dvijāḥ ||
ພີສະມະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ຢຸທິສະຖິຣະ, ໃນໂລກນີ້ ທຳຂອງແມ່ຍິງເຂົ້າໃຈກັນວ່າຕັ້ງຢູ່ເທິງຜົວ—ຜົວຜູ້ດຽວເປັນເທວະດາຂອງນາງ ແລະເປັນທີ່ພຶ່ງສູງສຸດ ບໍ່ມີທີ່ໄປສຸດທ້າຍອື່ນ—ດັ່ງນັ້ນເຊັ່ນກັນ ສຳລັບກະສັດຊັ້ນກະສັດຮົບ (kṣatriya) ການຮັບໃຊ້ ແລະຄາລະວະຕໍ່ພຣາຫມະນະ ແມ່ນທຳອັນສູງສຸດ. ພຣາຫມະນະເປັນເທວະດາຂອງເຂົາ ແລະເປັນທີ່ພຶ່ງສູງສຸດ; ບໍ່ມີອື່ນ».
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma frames dharma as a relationship of acknowledged dependence and reverence: as a wife’s social-religious duty is portrayed as centered on her husband as ‘deva’ and ‘gati’, so a kṣatriya’s highest duty is to honor and serve brāhmaṇas, treating them as the primary spiritual authority and refuge.
In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction section, Bhīṣma continues advising Yudhiṣṭhira on proper conduct and social duties. Here he uses an analogy to emphasize the kṣatriya’s obligation to support and defer to brāhmaṇas as part of maintaining dharma in society.