Shloka 9
Satya–Anṛta Viveka (Discrimination between Truth and Falsehood) | सत्य–अनृत विवेकः
तादृशो<यमनुप्रश्नो यत्र धर्म: सुदुर्लभ: । दुष्कर: प्रतिसंख्यातुं तत् केनात्र व्यवस्यति
tādṛśo ’yam anupraśno yatra dharmaḥ sudurlabhaḥ | duṣkaraḥ pratisaṅkhyātuṃ tat kena atra vyavasyati, yudhiṣṭhira ||
毗湿摩说：“你这追问亦是如此：它触及一个达摩极难辨识的领域。要将其精确定义很难；因此，要有把握地阐明它也同样困难。在这样的事情上，噢，坚战（Yudhiṣṭhira），此间之人凭借何种方法，才能对达摩作出坚定的裁断呢？”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma emphasizes that dharma can be subtle and elusive; when its nature is hard to discern, even explaining it definitively becomes difficult, so one must be cautious about claiming certainty in moral judgments.
In the Śānti Parva dialogue, Yudhiṣṭhira asks a probing follow-up about dharma; Bhīṣma responds by noting the question’s difficulty because dharma is not always easily identifiable or decisively defined.