Shloka 75
Varṇa-dharma and Rājadharma: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Normative Outline (वर्णधर्म-राजधर्म-प्रश्नोत्तरम्)
एतत् कृत्वा शुभं॑ शास्त्र ततः स भगवान् प्रभु: | देवानुवाच संदृष्ट: सर्वान् शक्रपुरोगमान्
etat kṛtvā śubhaṃ śāstra tataḥ sa bhagavān prabhuḥ | devān uvāca saṃdṛṣṭaḥ sarvān śakra-purogamān ||
撰成此吉祥之论后，至福的主宰、万有之君——梵天——大为欢喜。随后，他观见诸天众神，皆以释迦（因陀罗）为首，便对他们如是宣告：
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames dharma as grounded in an authoritative śāstra: a beneficial, well-ordered teaching is deliberately composed and then communicated by a legitimate divine authority to guide the gods (and, by extension, the world) in maintaining cosmic and ethical order.
Bhīṣma narrates that Brahmā has just created an auspicious treatise (śāstra). Pleased with this accomplishment, Brahmā looks upon the assembled gods led by Indra and begins to address them, setting up the ensuing instruction.