Shloka 19
अध्याय २०८ — इन्द्रियनिग्रहः, सत्याहिंसात्मकवाक्, कर्मफलविवेकः
Restraint of the Senses, Non-harming Truthful Speech, and Discernment of Karmic Consequence
ये तथा पूर्वोक्त देवता-दो प्रकारके पितर माने गये हैं। त्वष्टाके पुत्र महायशस्वी श्रीमान् विश्वरूप हुए ।।
bhīṣma uvāca | ye tathā pūrvokta-devatā-dvau-prakārakau pitarau mānītau | tvaṣṭāyāḥ putro mahāyaśasvī śrīmān viśvarūpo 'bhavat || ajāikapād ahirbudhnyo virūpākṣo 'tha raivataḥ | haraś ca bahurūpaś ca tryambakaś ca sureśvaraḥ | sāvitraḥ jayantaḥ pinākī cāparājitaḥ—ete ekādaśa rudrāḥ | mahābhāga aṣṭa vasūnāṃ nāmāni pūrvam eva proktāni ||
Bhīṣma dijo: «Tal como se expuso antes, se entiende que los dioses y los Pitṛs son de dos clases. De Tvaṣṭṛ nació el ilustre y glorioso Viśvarūpa. Ajāikapād, Ahirbudhnya, Virūpākṣa, Raivata, Hara, Bahurūpa, Tryambaka, Sureśvara, Sāvitra, Jayanta, Pinākī y Aparājita: éstos son los once Rudras. Oh noble, los nombres de los ocho Vasus ya fueron declarados anteriormente.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage reinforces a traditional classification of divine and ancestral orders: it enumerates the Rudras by name and situates them within a broader cosmological genealogy, emphasizing fidelity to earlier authoritative enumeration (“as stated before”).
Bhishma continues his didactic discourse in the Śānti Parva, listing sacred lineages and groups of deities: he mentions Viśvarūpa as Tvaṣṭṛ’s son, then names the Rudras, and notes that the Vasus were already listed earlier.