Shloka 31
Brahmacarya-Upāya: Jñāna, Śauca, and the Mind’s Role in Desire (शान्ति पर्व, अध्याय २०७)
ततः कृष्णो महाभाग: पुनरेव युधिष्ठिर । ब्राह्मणानां शतं श्रेष्ठ मुखादेवासृजत् प्रभु:,युधिष्ठिर! तदनन्तर महाभाग श्रीकृष्णने पुनः सैकड़ों श्रेष्ठ ब्राह्मणोंको मुखसे ही उत्पन्न किया
tataḥ kṛṣṇo mahābhāgaḥ punar eva yudhiṣṭhira | brāhmaṇānāṃ śataṃ śreṣṭhaṃ mukhād evāsṛjat prabhuḥ ||
Then the blessed Kṛṣṇa, O Yudhiṣṭhira—being the sovereign Lord—once again brought forth a hundred excellent Brāhmaṇas from his very mouth.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse reinforces a dharmic symbolism: Brāhmaṇas are associated with the mouth—speech, teaching, and Vedic recitation—implying that moral and ritual authority should be grounded in knowledge, truthful speech, and self-discipline rather than coercive power.
Bhīṣma, instructing Yudhiṣṭhira, describes Kṛṣṇa as a divine agent who again manifests a hundred eminent Brāhmaṇas from his mouth, presenting a cosmological/ethical image of social order and the sanctity of learned counsel within governance.