Shloka 8
अर्जुनस्य युधिष्ठिरं प्रति क्षात्रधर्मोपदेशः | Arjuna’s Counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira on Kṣatra-Dharma
स भवान् सर्वधर्मज्ञो धर्मात्मा भरतर्षभ । राजा मनीषी निपुणो लोके दृष्टपरावर:
sa bhavān sarvadharmajño dharmātmā bharatarṣabha | rājā manīṣī nipuṇo loke dṛṣṭaparāvaraḥ ||
ویشَمپاین نے کہا— اے بھرتوں کے سَرشٹھ، آپ سب دھرموں کے جاننے والے، دھرم آتما، راجا، صاحبِ دانش، عمل میں ماہر، اور دنیا میں قریب و بعید—آگے پیچھے—تمام نتائج کو صاف دیکھنے والے ہیں۔
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises the ideal ruler as one grounded in dharma, endowed with reflective intelligence, practical competence, and foresight—able to judge actions by their wider and long-term consequences.
Vaiśampāyana addresses a Bharata king with honorific epithets, establishing his moral and intellectual authority as a fit recipient for counsel on dharma and governance in the Śānti Parva context.