Shloka 1
Āpad-dharma and Discernment in Livelihood (आपद्धर्मे विज्ञानबलम्)
ऑपनआक्रा बछ। जज स::ः: - आशाको अत्यन्त कृश कहनेका तात्पर्य यह है कि वह मनुष्यको अत्यन्त कृश बना देती है। एकोनत्रिशर्दाधिकशततमो< ध्याय: यम और गौतमका संवाद युधिछिर उवाच नामृतस्येव पर्याप्तिर्ममास्ति ब्रुवति त्वयि । यथा हि स्वात्मवृत्तिस्थस्तथा तृप्तोडस्मि भारत
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | amṛtasyeva paryāptir mamāsti bruvati tvayi | yathā hi svātmavṛttisthaḥ tathā tṛpto'smi bhārata ||
尤狄湿提罗说道：“噢，婆罗多后裔，当你开口教诲之时，我心中全无‘已足’之感——正如饮甘露永不尽兴，反更引生再饮之欲。又如瑜伽行者沉入对至上自性的观照，因无上安乐而圆满；我亦如是，在聆听你的训诲时，深感充实满足。”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises the inexhaustible value of dharma-instruction: true wisdom does not produce boredom or satiety; like nectar it increases longing for more, and like yogic absorption it yields inner fulfillment.
At the opening of the chapter, Yudhiṣṭhira addresses the elder teacher (styled ‘Bhārata’) and expresses that he never feels ‘enough’ of the ongoing counsel on dharma; listening both intensifies his desire to hear more and brings him a yogin-like contentment.