Shloka 8
धर्मसूक्ष्मे त्यागप्रधान्यविचारः
Subtle Dharma and the Primacy of Renunciation
युद्धशास्त्रविदेव त्वं न वृद्धा: सेवितास्त्वया । संक्षिप्तविस्तरविदां न तेषां वेत्सि निश्चयम्
yuddhaśāstravideva tvaṃ na vṛddhāḥ sevitāstvayā | saṃkṣiptavistaravidāṃ na teṣāṃ vetsi niścayam ||
汝固然通晓兵法，却未曾侍奉长老。是以，那些能于纲要与细行两方面洞明达摩之大人所持的定论，汝并不知晓。
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Technical expertise (here, knowledge of warfare) is insufficient for moral clarity; one must learn dharma through respectful service to elders and through those who grasp both general principles and their nuanced application.
Yudhiṣṭhira rebukes or corrects an interlocutor by contrasting mere war-learning with the deeper authority that comes from serving elders, implying that the speaker lacks access to the established dharmic conclusion upheld by wise tradition-bearers.