Shloka 164
आपद्धर्मनिर्णयः — विश्वामित्र-श्वपचसंवादः
Apaddharma Determination: Dialogue of Viśvāmitra and the Śvapaca
त्वद्वीर्येण प्रमुक्तो5हं मद्वीयेण तथा भवान्
tvad-vīryeṇa pramukto ’haṁ mad-vīyeṇa tathā bhavān
Bhīṣma sprach: „Durch deine heldenhafte Kraft bin ich befreit worden; und ebenso bist du durch das, was mein ist, erlöst worden.“
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights reciprocal obligation and honor: one person’s valor or effort can free another, and ethical balance is restored when that freedom is acknowledged as mutual rather than one-sided.
Bhīṣma addresses an honored interlocutor, stating that he has been released through the other’s prowess, and that the other has likewise been released through Bhīṣma’s own agency—framing their interaction as a mutual settling of duty or burden.