Shloka 4
आपद्धर्मे कोशबलन्यायः | Treasury, Force, and Crisis-Ethics for the King
'राजन्! जहाँ वह रमणीय बदरीका वृक्ष है, जहाँ वैहायस- कुण्ड है तथा जहाँ अश्वशिरा (हयग्रीव) सनातन वेदोंका पाठ करते हैं (वहीं नरनारायणाश्रम है) ।। तस्मिन् सरसि कृत्वाहं विधिवत् तर्पणं पुरा । पितृणां देवतानां च ततो55श्रममियां तदा
bhīṣma uvāca | rājan! yatra sā ramaṇīyā badarīkā vṛkṣaḥ, yatra vaihāyasa-kuṇḍaḥ, tathā yatra aśvaśirā (hayagrīvaḥ) sanātanān vedān pāṭhayati (tad eva naranārāyaṇāśramaḥ) || tasmin sarasi kṛtvāhaṃ vidhivat tarpaṇaṃ purā pitṝṇāṃ devatānāṃ ca tato ’śramam iyāṃ tadā ||
Bhishma said: “O King, the hermitage of Nara and Narayana is there—where the lovely Badarī tree stands, where the celestial lake called Vaihāyasa-kuṇḍa lies, and where Aśvaśiras (Hayagrīva) recites the eternal Vedas. In that lake, long ago, I duly performed the prescribed offerings of water (tarpana) in satisfaction of the ancestors and the gods; then, at that time, I proceeded to the hermitage.”
भीष्म उवाच