अध्याय 118
1 [स]
स बाहुर अपतद भूमौ स खड्गः स शुभाङ्गदः
आदधज जीवलॊकस्य दुःखम उत्तमम उत्तमः
“Sanjaya said, ‘At Partha’s desire, Krishna then urged his white steeds,fleet as the mind and covered in golden armour, towards Drona’sdivisions.
1 [अर्ज]
अदृश्यमानास ते दैत्या यॊधयन्ति सम मायया
अदृश्यान अस्त्रवीर्येण तान अप्य अहम अयॊधयम
एक राजा था, उसका नाम था श्रेणिक| उसकी चेतना नाम की एक रानी थी, एक बार वे दोनों भगवान महावीर के दर्शन करके लौट रहे थे तो रानी ने देखा, भंयकर शीत में एक मुनि तप में लीन हैं| उनकी कठोर साधना के लिए उसने मन-ही-मन उन्हें बारम्बार प्रणाम किया|
पढ़ो पोथी में राम लिखो तख्ती पे राम ।
देखो खम्बे में राम हरे राम राम राम ॥
1 And it came to pass on the day that Moses had made an end of setting up the tabernacle, and had anointed it and sanctified it, and all the furniture thereof, and the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them and sanctified them;
“Yudhishthira said, ‘O foremost of kings, what is that method by which aking ruling his subjects may, in consequence of it, obtain greatblessedness and eternal fame?’
“Bhishma said, ‘Thus addressed (by his sire), Suka, highly applaudingthese instructions of the great Rishi, set himself about asking thefollowing, question relating to the import of duties that lead toEmancipation.’