Shloka 563
ब्राह्मणपूजा-राजधर्मः | Royal Duty of Honoring Learned Brahmins
यथागतं महाराज मुक््त्वा विषमिवोरग: । भृगुवंशी महर्षे! मैंने इन राजासे अपनी जातिका त्याग करवा दिया।” महाराज! तदनन्तर महर्षिकी आज्ञा लेकर राजा प्रतर्दन जैसे साँप अपने विषको त्याग देता है
yathāgataṃ mahārāja muktvā viṣam ivoragaḥ | bhṛguvaṃśī maharṣe! mayā ineṃ rājāse āpanī jātikā tyāga karvā diyā | mahārāja! tad-anantaraṃ maharṣer ājñāṃ labdhvā rājā pratardanaḥ yathā sarpaḥ sva-viṣaṃ tyajati, tathā krodhaṃ tyaktvā yathāgataṃ eva pratyagāt |
Wika ni Bhishma: “O dakilang hari, matapos makuha ang pahintulot ng pantas na rishi, umuwi si Haring Pratardana gaya ng pagdating niya—iniwaksi ang galit, na parang ahas na nagtatapon ng lason. O dakilang rishi ng angkan ni Bhrigu, ako ang nag-udyok sa haring ito na talikdan ang pagmamataas sa kanyang pinagmulan.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that true refinement is shown by abandoning anger and pride in birth; under a sage’s guidance, one should return to composure, shedding wrath as a snake sheds its poison.
Bhishma narrates that after receiving the sage’s permission, King Pratardana departs peacefully, having given up anger; Bhishma also remarks that he made the king renounce attachment to his caste/lineage identity.