Shloka 11
यथा येन च कल्पेन स तस्मै द्विजसत्तम: । कथां कथितवान् पृष्टस्तथा त्वमपि मे शृणु
yathā yena ca kalpena sa tasmai dvijasattamaḥ | kathāṃ kathitavān pṛṣṭas tathā tvam api me śṛṇu
Bhishma berkata: “Dengan cara bagaimana dan menurut kaedah apa brahmana terunggul itu—yang utama dalam kalangan dwija—apabila ditanya, telah menceritakan kisah itu kepadanya; demikian juga engkau dengarlah daripadaku ketika aku menuturkannya kepadamu.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes faithful transmission of instruction: a teaching should be conveyed in the same careful manner in which it was originally received—preserving method, context, and intent.
Bhīṣma signals that he will recount a previously told discourse or story, matching the earlier brāhmaṇa’s manner of narration, and asks his listener to attend closely.