Shloka 1
Strī-satkāra (On honoring women) — Mahābhārata 13.46
अपर त्रिचत्वारिशो<् ध्याय: देवशर्माका विपुलको निर्दोष बताकर समझाना और भीष्मका युधिष्ठिरको स्त्रियोंकी रक्षाके लिये आदेश देना भीष्म उवाच तमागतमभिप्रेक्ष्य शिष्यं वाक्यमथाब्रवीत् | देवशर्मा महातेजा यत् तत् शृूणु जनाधिप
bhīṣma uvāca | tam āgatam abhiprekṣya śiṣyaṃ vākyam athābravīt | devaśarmā mahātejā yat tat śṛṇu janādhipa ||
भीष्म उवाच—तमागतं शिष्यमभिप्रेक्ष्य महातेजा देवशर्मा वाक्यमिदमब्रवीत्। शृणु राजन्, यदस्योक्तं जनाधिप॥
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse sets up an ethical instruction by emphasizing attentive listening to a guru’s counsel, framed as guidance relevant to righteous kingship (dharma) and proper conduct.
Bhīṣma, speaking to King Yudhiṣṭhira, introduces a story: Devaśarmā sees his disciple Vipula return and begins to address him; Bhīṣma asks the king to listen to those words.