Shloka 1
अव्यक्त–प्रकृति–इन्द्रियविचारः
The Unmanifest, Prakṛtis, and the Sense-Complex
ऑपनमाज बछ। डे अष्टनवत्यधिकद्धिशततमो< ध्याय: पराशरगीताका उपसंहार--राजा जनकके विविध प्रश्नोंका उत्तर भीष्म उवाच पुनरेव तु पप्रच्छ जनको मिथिलाधिप: । पराशरं महात्मानं धर्मे परमनिश्चयम्
Bhīṣma uvāca: punar eva tu papraccha Janako Mithilādhipaḥ | Parāśaraṃ mahātmānaṃ dharme paramaniścayam ||
Bhīṣma nói: “Rồi sau đó, vua Janaka, chúa tể thành Mithilā, lại hỏi tiếp bậc đại hồn Parāśara—người đã kiên định trong sự thấu triệt tối thượng về dharma.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames dharma as something to be approached through disciplined inquiry: a ruler (Janaka) seeks clarification from a realized sage (Parāśara), implying that ethical and liberative understanding requires guidance from those firmly established in dharma.
Within Bhīṣma’s discourse to Yudhiṣṭhira in the Mokṣadharma section, the narrative shifts to a dialogue where King Janaka of Mithilā again poses questions to the sage Parāśara about dharma.