Shloka 26
राजधर्मप्रश्नः — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry into Rājadharma (Śānti-parva 56)
एवं कृत्वा महाराज नमस्या एव ते द्विजा: । भीम ब्रह्म द्विजश्रेष्ठा धारयन्ति समर्चिता:
evaṁ kṛtvā mahārāja namasyā eva te dvijāḥ | bhūmi-brahma dvijaśreṣṭhā dhārayanti samarcitāḥ ||
ພີດສະມະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ໂອ ມະຫາກະສັດ! ເມື່ອຄິດເຊັ່ນນີ້ແລ້ວ ເຈົ້າຄວນຖວາຍຄວາມນົບນ້ອມແດ່ຜູ້ເກີດສອງຄັ້ງ (ພຣາຫມະນະ) ຢູ່ເສມອ. ເພາະພຣາຫມະນະຜູ້ປະເສີດເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນ ເມື່ອໄດ້ຮັບການນັບຖືບູຊາຢ່າງຄວນຄ່າ ຈະທົງຮັກສາ ‘ພຣະພຣະຫມັນແຫ່ງແຜ່ນດິນ’ ຄື ເວດະ ເພື່ອຄ້ຳຈຸນລະບຽບທາງທຳແລະວິນຍານ».
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
A king should consistently honor and salute brahmins, because when respected they preserve and transmit the Veda—seen here as the sustaining spiritual authority within society—thereby supporting dharma.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma after the war, Bhīṣma addresses the king and urges a policy of reverence toward brahmins, grounding it in their role as bearers of Vedic knowledge and moral order.