Shloka 52
तथा श्वेतं च राजर्षि कीर्तयेत् परमद्युतिम् । सगरस्यात्मजा येन प्लावितास्तारितास्तथा
tathā śvetaṃ ca rājarṣi kīrtayet paramadyutim | sagarasyātmajā yena plāvitās tāritās tathā ||
Bhishma sprach: „Ebenso, o königlicher Weiser, soll man den höchst strahlenden Śveta rezitieren und im Gedächtnis bewahren. Und man soll auch den machtvollen königlichen Weisen Bhagiratha rühmen, durch den die Söhne Sagaras in den Wassern der Gaṅgā gebadet und so erlöst wurden.“
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse commends kīrtana and smaraṇa—praising and remembering exemplary figures—especially those whose tapas and righteous action bring welfare to others, even across generations (as Bhagiratha’s act benefits Sagara’s sons).
Bhishma instructs the listener to include Śveta and Bhagiratha in recitation and remembrance. Bhagiratha is recalled for securing the Gaṅgā’s waters so that Sagara’s sons could be ritually purified and thereby ‘delivered’ from their afflicted state.