Shloka 4
स्त्रीस्वभावप्रश्नः — Nārada and Pañcacūḍā on Strī-svabhāva
Anuśāsana-parva 38
अत्र गाथा: पुरागीता: कीर्तयन्ति पुराविद: । सृष्टवा द्विजातीन् धाता हि यथापूर्व समादधत्
atra gāthāḥ purāgītāḥ kīrtayanti purāvidaḥ | sṛṣṭvā dvijātīn dhātā hi yathāpūrva samādadhat ||
या विषयात पुराणवेत्ते पूर्वी गाईलेल्या गाथांचे कीर्तन करतात. धाता (प्रजापती) यांनी द्विजांना पूर्ववत् निर्माण करून त्यांची व्यवस्था प्रस्थापित केली।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames social-ethical order as divinely instituted: the twice-born are to uphold their own prescribed duties with discipline and to support (serve/protect) brāhmaṇas, because safeguarding the custodians of sacred knowledge is presented as a source of reciprocal protection and ultimate welfare.
Bhīṣma introduces an authoritative citation: ancient experts are said to recite old gāthās. These verses describe the Creator establishing the traditional order of the twice-born and giving them instruction about their obligations, setting up a didactic passage on duty and social responsibility.