Mahabharata 3.201.64 — Vana Parva, Adhyaya 201, Shloka 64
Dharma-vyādha’s Analysis of Moral Decline and the Mahābhūta–Guṇa Schema (धर्मव्याधोपदेशः)
युधिछिर उवाच पुन: पुनरहं श्रीतुं कथां धर्मसमा श्रयाम् । पुण्यामिच्छामि धर्मज्ञ कथ्यमानां त्वया विभो,युधिष्ठिरे कहा--धर्मज्ञ विभो! आपके द्वारा कही हुई पुण्यमय धर्मकी चर्चा मैं बारंबार सुनना चाहता हूँ
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca punaḥ punar ahaṃ śrotuṃ kathāṃ dharmasamāśrayām | puṇyām icchāmi dharmajña kathyamānāṃ tvayā vibho ||
ยุธิษฐิระกล่าวว่า “ข้าแต่ผู้รู้ธรรม ผู้ทรงเดช! ข้าพเจ้าปรารถนาจะฟังถ้อยแถลงที่ตั้งอยู่บนธรรมนี้ครั้งแล้วครั้งเล่า โปรดเล่าเรื่องอันเป็นกุศลศักดิ์สิทธิ์ที่ท่านกำลังกล่าวอยู่นั้นแก่ข้าพเจ้าอีกเถิด”
युधिछिर उवाच
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The verse highlights śravaṇa (attentive listening) to dharma-centered teaching as itself a valued ethical practice: one should repeatedly seek narratives and instructions rooted in dharma, regarding them as puṇya (spiritually meritorious) and transformative.
Yudhiṣṭhira, positioned as a seeker of righteousness, addresses a revered speaker (called dharmajña and vibhu) and requests that the ongoing dharma-oriented account be told again, expressing eagerness to hear it repeatedly for its sacred and instructive value.
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