Shloka 43
Śānti-parva 168: Śoka-nivṛtti-buddhi (The Cognition that Reduces Grief) and Piṅgalā’s Nairāśya
युधिछिर उवाच निःसंशयं निश्चितधर्मशास्त्रा: सर्वे भवन्तो विदितप्रमाणा: । विज्ञातुकामस्य ममेह वाक्य- मुक्त यद्धै नैष्ठिकं तच्छुतं मे । इदं त्ववश्यं गदतो ममापि वाक््यं निबोधध्वमनन्यभावा:
Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca—niḥsaṁśayaṁ niścita-dharmaśāstrāḥ sarve bhavanto vidita-pramāṇāḥ | vijñātukāmasya mameha vākyaṁ yuktā yad dhai naiṣṭhikaṁ tac chrutaṁ me | idaṁ tv avaśyaṁ gadato mamāpi vākyaṁ nibodhadhvam ananya-bhāvāḥ ||
尤提希提罗说道：“诸位兄弟！毫无疑问，你们都已考察《达摩论典》（Dharmaśāstra）之教而得出坚固的结论，也熟知诸种权威的证成之道。因我欲知诸君之见，故已专心聆听你们在此各自陈述的定论。如今，也请你们以不二之心，听我将要说的话。”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ethical inquiry should be grounded in śāstra and pramāṇa, but it also requires disciplined dialogue: hearing others’ settled views carefully and then presenting one’s own position with clarity, asking the audience for single-minded attention.
In the Śānti Parva’s reflective setting, Yudhiṣṭhira addresses respected interlocutors who have offered their conclusions on dharma. He acknowledges their learning and the validity of their reasoning, states that he has listened, and now requests that they listen attentively as he presents his own view.