Shloka 127
धर्मस्य बहुद्वारत्वम् — Nārada’s Audience with Indra (Śānti-parva 340)
सुरासुरैर्यथा राजन् निर्मथ्यामृतमुद्धूतम्
surāsurair yathā rājan nirmathyāmṛtam uddhūtam
Bhīṣma dit : «Ô roi, de même que les dieux et les asuras, en barattant, firent surgir le nectar d’immortalité.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma uses the churning of the ocean as an ethical analogy: valuable outcomes (like amṛta) arise through sustained effort and disciplined process, even amid rivalry. The image supports counsel on patient striving and extracting the best result from difficult circumstances.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs King Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and right conduct. Here he invokes the well-known episode where devas and asuras churned to obtain amṛta, using it as a comparison to frame his ongoing instruction.