Bhishma said 'Listen, O king, with attention to the various duties of kings,-to those acts which the king or one who is in his position should first do.
भीष्म उवाच राजवृत्तं महाराज शृणुष्वावहितोऽखिलम्। यत् कार्यं पार्थिवेनादौ पार्थिवप्रकृतेन वा॥