Shloka 36
Śara-śayyā-sthita-bhīṣma-saṃvāda-prastāvaḥ
The Prelude to Questioning Bhīṣma on the Bed of Arrows
जन्मसे लेकर आजतक किसीने भी आपमें कोई भी दोष (पाप) नहीं देखा है। सब राजा इस बातको स्वीकार करते हैं कि आप सम्पूर्ण धर्मोके ज्ञाता हैं ।।
janmase lekar ājatak kisine'pi āpameṁ koī'pi doṣa (pāpa) nahīṁ dekhā hai. sarva rājā isa bātako svīkāra karate haiṁ ki āpa sampūrṇa dharmoke jñātā haiṁ. tebhyaḥ pitevā putrebhyo rājan brūhi paraṁ nayam ṛṣayaś caiva devāś ca tvayā nityam upāsitāḥ.
“自你出生直到今日，从未有人在你身上见过任何瑕疵——任何罪过。诸王都承认：你是通晓全部法度（dharma）之人。因此，噢大王，请如父告子一般，对他们宣说至高的治世与修身之道。因为诸仙圣与诸天神，也一直为你所恒常敬奉。”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Moral authority in governance arises from a life free of visible wrongdoing and from sustained reverence toward sages and the divine; such a ruler should guide other kings with the highest standard of dharma, like a father instructing his sons.
Vāyudeva addresses a king renowned for faultless conduct and comprehensive knowledge of dharma, urging him to give supreme guidance (paraṁ naya) to other kings, grounding that authority in his lifelong devotion to sages and gods.