Shloka 3
दुर्ग-निवेश-राजधर्मः | Fortified Capital and the King’s Residential Polity
Rājadharma
तस्मात् ते वर्तयिष्यामि दुर्गकर्म विशेषत: । श्रुत्वा तथा विधातव्यमनुष्ठेयं च यत्नत:
tasmāt te vartayiṣyāmi durgakarma viśeṣataḥ | śrutvā tathā vidhātavyam anuṣṭheyaṃ ca yatnataḥ ||
Kaya ipaliliwanag ko sa iyo—lalo na nang masinsinan—ang landas ng pagkilos na dapat sundin sa mga gawaing mahirap. Pagkarinig mo nito, kumilos ka nang ayon dito at isakatuparan mo nang may maingat na pagsisikap.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
When facing difficult undertakings, one should first listen carefully to sound guidance and then implement it exactly, with sustained diligence; right action requires both correct instruction and earnest execution.
Bhīṣma, speaking as an instructor in the Śānti Parva, signals that he will now set out a specific, detailed teaching on how to proceed in challenging matters, and urges the listener to put it into practice with effort.