Shloka 71
Varṇa-dharma and Rājadharma: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Normative Outline (वर्णधर्म-राजधर्म-प्रश्नोत्तरम्)
द्वासप्ततिविधा चैव शरीरस्य प्रतिक्रिया । देशजातिकुलानां च धर्मा: समनुवर्णिता:,वैद्यक शास्त्रके अनुसार बहत्तर प्रकारकी शारीरिक चिकित्सा तथा देश, जाति और कुलके धर्मोका भी भलीभाँति वर्णन किया गया है
dvāsaptati-vidhā caiva śarīrasya pratikriyā | deśa-jāti-kulānāṃ ca dharmāḥ samanuvarṇitāḥ ||
毗湿摩说道：“那部医论亦详尽叙述七十二种身体疗治之法，并同样阐明与地域、社会群体与宗族谱系相应的习俗义务与行为规范。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma highlights that dharma is not only abstract morality but also includes practical sciences and socially grounded norms: medical knowledge about bodily treatment and the customary duties shaped by region, community, and lineage.
In Bhishma’s instructional discourse in the Shanti Parva, he points to the breadth of authoritative knowledge—especially medical science—stating that it systematically explains many therapies and also delineates the dharmas associated with different locales and social lineages.