Shloka 9
Tapas as the Root of Attainment (तपः—साधनमूलप्रशंसा)
तस्य ता विपुला: शाखा दृष्टवा स्कन्ध॑ च सर्वश: । अभिगम्याब्रवीदेनं नारदो भरतर्षभ,भरतश्रेष्ठ] उस वृक्षकी बड़ी-बड़ी शाखाओं तथा मोटे तनोंको देखकर देवर्षि नारद उसके पास गये और इस प्रकार बोले--
tasya tā vipulāḥ śākhā dṛṣṭvā skandhaṃ ca sarvaśaḥ | abhigamyābravīd enaṃ nārado bharatarṣabha ||
Wika ni Bhishma: “O toro sa angkan ng Bharata, nang makita ang malalawak na sanga at ang matibay na katawan nito sa bawat panig, lumapit ang banal na rishi na si Narada at nagsalita sa kanya nang ganito.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ethical instruction is introduced through attentive observation: the grandeur of the ‘tree’ becomes a prompt for Nārada’s inquiry, setting up a didactic exchange typical of Śānti Parva where visible forms are used to reveal principles of dharma.
Bhīṣma narrates that Nārada sees a great tree—its huge branches and trunk—then approaches it and begins to speak, marking the start of a teaching episode framed as a conversation.