Bhishma said 'Regarding it, persons well read in the scriptures declare this text about duty, viz., for a learned and intelligent Kshatriya, (the acquisition) of religious merit and wealth is his obvious duty. By ingenuous discussions on duty and about the future world, he should not, abstain from performing those two duties.
भीष्म उवाच अत्र धर्मानुवचनं कीर्तयन्ति पुराविदः। प्रत्यक्षावेव धर्मार्थो क्षत्रियस्य विजानतः॥ तत्र न व्यवधातव्यं परोक्षा धर्मयापना।