Shloka 7
ब्राह्मणपूजा-राजधर्मः | Royal Duty of Honoring Learned Brahmins
तस्यान्ववाये द्वौ राजन् राजानौ सम्बभूवतु: । हैहयस्तालजंघश्न वत्सस्य जयतां वर
tasyānvavāye dvau rājan rājānau sambabhūvatuḥ | haihayas tālajaṅghaś ca vatsasya jayatāṃ vara ||
ভীষ্ম বললেন—হে রাজন! তাঁর বংশে দুইজন রাজা প্রসিদ্ধ হলেন—হৈহয় ও তালজঙ্ঘ। হে বিজয়ীদের মধ্যে শ্রেষ্ঠ! এই দুজনই বৎসের পুত্র।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the importance of lineage and succession in the dharmic imagination of kingship: a ruler’s legacy is carried forward through progeny, and the remembrance of worthy kings sustains social and political continuity.
Bhīṣma continues a genealogical account, telling the king that in a particular royal line two famous kings—Haihaya and Tālajaṅgha—were born as sons of Vatsa.