Shloka 7
दानपात्रापात्र-निर्णयः / Determining Worthy Gifts, Recipients, and Permissible Food
स ते धर्मरहस्येषु संशयान् मनसि स्थितान् | छेत्ता भागीरथीपुत्र: सर्वज्ञ: सर्वधर्मवित्
sa te dharmarahasyeṣu saṁśayān manasi sthitān | chettā bhāgīrathīputraḥ sarvajñaḥ sarvadharmavit ||
ഭാഗീരഥീപുത്രനായ ഭീഷ്മൻ സർവ്വജ്ഞനും സർവ്വധർമ്മവിദും ആകുന്നു; ധർമ്മരഹസ്യങ്ങളെക്കുറിച്ച് നിന്റെ മനസ്സിൽ നിലകൊള്ളുന്ന എല്ലാ സംശയങ്ങളും അവൻ ഛേദിച്ചു നീക്കും.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
True understanding of dharma often involves subtle ‘secrets’ (rahasya) that generate doubt; such doubt should be resolved by approaching an authoritative knower of dharma—here, Bhīṣma—whose insight can clarify complex ethical questions.
Vaiśampāyana points the listener toward Bhīṣma as the definitive teacher: Bhīṣma, famed as Gaṅgā’s son and a master of dharma, will answer and remove the inquirer’s internal uncertainties about dharma’s deeper principles.