Shloka 142
Varṇa-dharma and Rājadharma: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Normative Outline (वर्णधर्म-राजधर्म-प्रश्नोत्तरम्)
वृद्धोपसेवा दानं च शौचमुत्थानमेव च । सर्वभूतानुकम्पा च सर्वमत्रोपवर्णितम्,इतिहास, वेद, न्याय--इन सबका उसमें पूरा-पूरा वर्णन है। तप, ज्ञान, अहिंसाका तथा जो सत्य, असत्यसे परे है उसका और वृद्धजनोंकी सेवा, दान, शौच, उत्थान तथा समस्त प्राणियोंपर दया आदि सभी विषयोंका उस ग्रन्थमें वर्णन है
bhīṣma uvāca | vṛddhopasevā dānaṃ ca śaucam utthānam eva ca | sarvabhūtānukampā ca sarvam atropavarṇitam ||
वृद्धोपसेवा दानं च शौचमुत्थानमेव च। सर्वभूतानुकम्पा च सर्वमत्रोपवर्णितम्॥
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma highlights a cluster of dharmic virtues—reverent service to elders, generosity, purity, energetic effort, and compassion to all beings—as foundational ethical practices, presented as fully expounded within the authoritative teaching under discussion.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhishma continues his discourse to Yudhishthira by enumerating key virtues and indicating that these are comprehensively treated in the referenced body of teaching/tradition.