Shloka 32
Śiśupāla-vākya: Bhīṣma-nindā and the ‘Haṃsa’ Exemplum (शिशुपालवाक्यम् — भीष्मनिन्दा, हंसदृष्टान्तः)
सवृद्धबालेष्वथवा पार्थिवेषु महात्मसु । को ना मन्यते कृष्णं को वाप्येनं न पूजयेत् ।। अथवा वृद्धों और बालकोंसहित यहाँ बैठे हुए समस्त महात्मा राजाओंमें ऐसा कौन है, जो श्रीकृष्ण-को पूज्य न मानता हो या कौन है, जो इनकी पूजा न करता हो?
sa-vṛddha-bāleṣv athavā pārthiveṣu mahātmasu | ko nā manyate kṛṣṇaṃ ko vāpy enaṃ na pūjayet ||
毗湿摩说道：“在此集会的诸位大心王者之中——连同长者与孩童——有谁不认为奎师那（Kṛṣṇa）当受尊荣？又有谁会不向他致敬礼拜呢？”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
True nobility recognizes and honors genuine greatness: Bhīṣma frames reverence for Kṛṣṇa as the natural ethical response of wise rulers, implying that refusal to honor the worthy signals moral blindness or envy.
In the royal assembly context of the Sabha Parva, Bhīṣma speaks to affirm Kṛṣṇa’s universal worthiness of honor among the gathered kings, rhetorically asking who could possibly deny him respect or fail to worship him.