Shloka 30
यवक्रीतश्च रैभ्यश्व॒ अर्वावसुपरावसू । ओऔशिजजश्चैव कक्षीवान् बलश्षाड्रिरस: सुत:
yavakrītaś ca raibhyaś ca arvāvasu-parāvasū | auśijajaś caiva kakṣīvān balaḥ śāḍrasaḥ sutaḥ ||
Bhishma said: “I shall now recount the names of eminent seers—Yavakrīta and Raibhya; Arvāvasu and Parāvasu; Kakṣīvān, the son of Uśij; and Bala, the son of Śāḍrasa. These sages are remembered as endowed with the radiance of Brahman and as upholders of the world’s order.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the ethical and cultural authority of ṛṣis: their spiritual discipline (brahmatejas) and exemplary lives are presented as foundations for sustaining social and cosmic order, making their names and lineages worthy of remembrance.
Bhishma, in an instructive discourse, begins enumerating renowned sages—identifying some by patronymics—to establish a lineage of spiritual exemplars and to lend weight to the dharmic instruction being conveyed in this section.