Shloka 36
Bhīṣma on the Śara-Śayyā: Yudhiṣṭhira and Kṛṣṇa Approach the Eldest for Śānti
इतिहासपुराणार्था: कार्त्स्न्येन विदितास्तव | धर्मशास्त्रं च सकल॑ नित्यं मनसि ते स्थितम्,“इतिहास और पुराणोंके अर्थ आपको पूर्णरूपसे ज्ञात हैं। सारा धर्मशास्त्र सदा आपके मनमें स्थित है
itihāsapurāṇārthāḥ kārtsnyena viditās tava | dharmaśāstraṃ ca sakalaṃ nityaṃ manasi te sthitam ||
വൈശമ്പായനൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഇതിഹാസങ്ങളുടെയും പുരാണങ്ങളുടെയും അർത്ഥങ്ങൾ നിനക്കു സമഗ്രമായി അറിയാം. സമസ്ത ധർമ്മശാസ്ത്രവും നിത്യം നിന്റെ മനസ്സിൽ ഉറച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
True authority in ethical deliberation rests on comprehensive understanding of traditional sources—Itihāsa and Purāṇa—and on an internalized grasp of Dharmaśāstra. The verse praises not mere memorization but steady, ever-present discernment of dharma in the mind.
The narrator Vaiśampāyana commends the addressee’s learning and fitness to speak on dharma, stating that the purports of epic and purāṇic lore are fully known to him and that the entire Dharmaśāstra is constantly established in his mind—setting the stage for authoritative instruction or counsel.