Shloka 62
ब्राह्मणपूजा-राजधर्मः | Royal Duty of Honoring Learned Brahmins
विहव्यस्य तु पुत्रस्तु वितत्यस्तस्य चात्मज: । वितत्यस्य सुतः सत्य: संतः सत्यस्य चात्मज:,विहव्यके पुत्रका नाम वितत्य था। वितत्यके पुत्र सत्य और सत्यके पुत्र सन्त हुए
vihavyasya tu putras tu vitatyas tasya cātmajaḥ | vitatyasya sutaḥ satyaḥ santaḥ satyasya cātmajaḥ |
Bhishma said: “Vihavya had a son named Vitatya; Vitatya’s son was Satya; and Satya’s son was Santa. Thus the lineage is recounted in due order, preserving the memory of righteous succession and ancestral continuity.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the importance of preserving lineage memory and orderly succession—an Itihāsa way of affirming social continuity and dharmic inheritance through named generations.
Bhīṣma is listing a genealogical sequence: Vihavya’s son is Vitatya; Vitatya’s son is Satya; and Satya’s son is Santa.