Shloka 89
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
नन्यूनं कष्टशब्दं वा विक्रमाभिहितं न च न शेषमनु कल्पेन निष्कारणमहेतुकम्
na nyūnaṃ kaṣṭaśabdaṃ vā vikramābhihitaṃ na ca | na śeṣam anu kalpena niṣkāraṇam ahetukam ||
Bhīṣma berkata: “Dalam ucapanku tidak akan ada kecacatan kerana tertinggal, tidak ada kata-kata yang keras atau sukar, dan tidak ada kekacauan susunan. Ia tidak memerlukan penambahan kata yang dipaksa atau petunjuk tidak langsung untuk difahami. Dan ia bukanlah kata-kata yang sia-sia atau tanpa asas hujah.”
भीष्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma emphasizes that ethical instruction should be communicated with clarity, proper order, and justified purpose—free from omissions, harsh diction, and the need for forced interpretive additions—so that the listener receives a rational, meaningful teaching.
Within the Śānti Parva’s instructional setting, Bhīṣma frames his forthcoming counsel as carefully composed: complete, orderly, and reasoned, assuring the listener that his words are neither obscure nor purposeless.