Shloka 1
Adhyāya 199: Karma–Jñāna Causality and the Nirguṇa Brahman
Manu’s Instruction
भजन आर (2) अजमनन- ३-श्रुति भी कहती है--'अशरीरं वावसन्तं न प्रियाप्रिये स््पृशत: ।/ २-आठ पुरियोंका बोधक वचन इस प्रकार उपलब्ध होता है-- भूतेन्द्रियमनोबुद्धिवासनाकर्मवायवः । अविद्या चेत्यमुं वर्गमाहु: पुर्यष्टक॑ बुधा: ।।
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | kim uttaraṁ tadā tau sama cakratus tasya bhāṣite | brāhmaṇo vāthavā rājā tan me brūhi pitāmaha ||
尤提士提罗说道：“当他的话说完之后，那两位——无论是婆罗门还是国王——当时一同作了怎样的回答？祖父，请为我讲述。”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames ethical inquiry as careful listening to wise discourse and seeking the consequential response: Yudhiṣṭhira asks Bhīṣma to report how both a Brāhmaṇa and a king respond after hearing a teaching, highlighting that dharma and liberation are clarified through dialogue and tested by the reactions of different social roles.
Within the Mokṣadharma section, Yudhiṣṭhira continues questioning Bhīṣma about the Jāpaka–Ikṣvāku episode: after a speech has been delivered, he wants to know what the two principal interlocutors (the Brāhmaṇa and the king) said in reply, so the lesson’s outcome and resolution can be understood.