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 dijo: «Por tu poder heroico he sido liberado; y del mismo modo, tú has sido liberado por lo que es mío».
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.