Shloka 26
अध्याय ५६ — च्यवन–कुशिकसंवादः
Cyavana–Kuśika Dialogue on Lineage, Conflict, and Transmission
वस्त्र च विविधाकारमभवत् समुपार्जितम् | न शशाक ततो द्रष्टमन्तरं च्यवनस्तदा
vastraṃ ca vividhākāram abhavat samupārjitam | na śaśāka tato draṣṭum antaraṃ cyavanas tadā |
Bhishma berkata: “Pakaian dengan pelbagai jenis dan bentuk telah diperoleh lalu dipersembahkan sebagai khidmat yang wajar. Apabila Brahmarshi Cyavana tidak dapat menemukan sebarang cela atau kekurangan dalam segala urusan layanan itu, baginda lalu menegur Raja Kuśika sekali lagi: ‘Pasangkan dirimu—bersama isterimu—pada kereta, dan bawalah aku dengan segera ke mana sahaja yang aku perintahkan.’”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is shown through careful, faultless service and readiness to obey rightful authority; when service is sincere and complete, the test shifts from material offerings to personal humility and submission of ego.
After many kinds of garments are procured and offered, the sage Cyavana finds no deficiency in the service. He then intensifies the demand by ordering King Kuśika—along with his wife—to be yoked to a chariot and to carry him swiftly wherever he commands.