Shloka 158
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
तेषु तेषु हि कालेषु तत्तदड़ विशिष्यते । येन यत् सिध्यते कार्य तत् प्राधान्याय कल्पते,राज्यके जो सात अंग हैं, उनमें सभी समय-समयपर अपनी विशिष्टता सिद्ध करते हैं। जिस अंगसे जो कार्य सिद्ध होता है, उसके लिये उसीकी प्रधानता मानी जाती है
teṣu teṣu hi kāleṣu tattad aṅgaṁ viśiṣyate | yena yat sidhyate kāryaṁ tat prādhānyāya kalpate ||
तेषु तेषु हि कालेषु तत्तदङ्गं विशिष्यते । येन यत्सिध्यते कार्यं तत्प्राधान्याय कल्पते ॥
भीष्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Primacy in governance is contextual: among the constituents of a kingdom, whichever factor actually accomplishes the needed task at a given time should be treated as foremost. Effective and ethical rule requires situational judgment rather than rigid hierarchy.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on rajadharma, Bhishma advises Yudhishthira on practical principles of statecraft, explaining that the importance of the kingdom’s constituent elements shifts with circumstances and objectives.