Shloka 35
Cāturāśramya-dharma—Marks of the Four Āśramas (चातुराश्रम्यधर्मः)
अन्यायपूर्वक क्षत्रिय-धर्मकी अवहेलना करनेसे प्रवृत्ति और निवृत्ति धर्म भी उसी प्रकार बीचमें ही नष्ट हो जाते हैं, जैसे अन्धा मनुष्य रास्तेमें नष्ट हो जाता है ।।
anyāyapūrvakaṁ kṣatriya-dharmasyāvahēlanayā pravṛtti-nivṛtti-dharmāv api tathā madhye naśyataḥ, yathāndho manuṣyo mārge naśyati. ādi pravartite cakre tathaivādi-parāyaṇe; vartasva puruṣavyāghra, saṁvijānāmi te ’nagha. puruṣasiṁha niṣpāpa yudhiṣṭhira, vidhātur etad ājñā-cakraṁ (rājadharmaḥ) ādikāle pracalitaṁ pūrvavarti-mahāpuruṣāṇāṁ parama-āśrayaṁ ca; tvam api tadanusara. jānāmi ca tvāṁ kṣātra-dharma-mārge samarthaṁ.
毗湿摩说道：“若以不义轻弃刹帝利之法，则无论是入世行事之法，还是出离止息之法，也都会在半途断绝——如盲人行路，中道覆亡。此一命令之轮，自太初而转动，为上古最卓越者所奉持，乃造物主之敕令——即王者之法。人中之虎啊，汝当循此轨辙而行。我深知汝，无罪的由提施提罗：汝完全有能力在刹帝利法之道上前行。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma teaches that unjustly neglecting Kshatriya duty destroys both paths of dharma—active responsibility (pravṛtti) and renunciant restraint (nivṛtti). Therefore, Yudhishthira should uphold rājadharma as an ancient, divinely sanctioned order.
In the Shanti Parva instruction on kingship, Bhishma urges Yudhishthira—who is hesitant and morally burdened after the war—to accept and follow the established royal code, assuring him of his capability and emphasizing its primordial authority.