Shloka 17
Brahmacarya-Upāya: Jñāna, Śauca, and the Mind’s Role in Desire (शान्ति पर्व, अध्याय २०७)
ब्रह्मानुससूजे पुत्रान् मानसान् दक्षसप्तमान् | मरीचिमत्र्यज्ञिरसं पुलस्यं पुलहं क्रतुम्
bhīṣma uvāca | brahmā anusuṣuje putrān mānasān dakṣa-saptamān | marīcim atrim aṅgirasam pulastyaṁ pulahaṁ kratum ||
ভীষ্ম বললেন: ব্রহ্মা মনোবলে সাতজন মানসপুত্র সৃষ্টি করেছিলেন; তাঁদের মধ্যে দক্ষ ছিলেন সপ্তম। বাকি ছয়জন হলেন—মরীচি, অত্রি, অঙ্গিরা, পুলস্ত্য, পুলহ ও ক্রতু।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse anchors dharma in a cosmic genealogy: the moral and social order is presented as emerging from deliberate, mind-born creation, with primordial sages and Prajāpatis serving as foundational transmitters of law, ritual, and right conduct.
Bhishma enumerates Brahmā’s seven mind-born sons, identifying Dakṣa as the seventh and listing the other six sages—Marīci, Atri, Aṅgiras, Pulastya, Pulaha, and Kratu—thereby setting up a lineage-based explanation relevant to the surrounding instruction in Śānti Parva.