Shloka 8
अध्याय २९ — वासुदेव–संजय संवादः
Karma, Varṇa-Dharma, and the Ethics of Governance
स्वाध्यायिनो ब्राह्मणा भिक्षवश्न तपस्विनो ये च नित्या वनेषु । अभिवाद्या वै मद्धचनेन वृद्धा- स्तथेतरेषां कुशलं वदेथा:,स्वाध्यायशील ब्राह्मणों, संन्यासियों तथा सदा वनमें निवास करनेवाले तपस्वी मुनियों एवं बड़े-बूढ़े लोगोंसे हमारी ओरसे प्रणाम कहना और दूसरे लोगोंसे भी कुशल-समाचार पूछना
svādhyāyino brāhmaṇā bhikṣavaś ca tapassvino ye ca nityā vaneṣu | abhivādyā vai madvacanena vṛddhās tathetareṣāṁ kuśalaṁ vadethāḥ ||
玉提士提罗说道：“请以我的名义，向勤修吠陀自习的婆罗门、诸行乞者，以及常住林野的苦行仙人，转致我恭敬的礼拜。对长者当行应有的敬礼；对其余众人，也一并问候安康。”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid political crisis, dharma is upheld through humility and social responsibility: honoring Vedic learners, renunciants, and elders, and maintaining bonds of care by asking after others’ welfare.
Yudhiṣṭhira instructs a messenger (implicitly) to convey his salutations to religious and senior members of society—Brāhmaṇas devoted to study, mendicants, forest ascetics, and elders—and to inquire about the well-being of everyone else.