Shloka 53
धर्मस्य बहुद्वारत्वम् — Nārada’s Audience with Indra (Śānti-parva 340)
नासत्यं चैव दस्लं च भिषजौ पश्य पृष्ठत: । सर्वान् प्रजापतीन् पश्य पश्य सप्त ऋषींस्तथा
nāsatyaṃ caiva dasraṃ ca bhiṣajau paśya pṛṣṭhataḥ | sarvān prajāpātīn paśya paśya sapta ṛṣīṃs tathā ||
Bhīṣma dit : «Regarde aussi derrière moi : là se tiennent Nāsatya et Dasra, les deux médecins divins — les jumeaux Aśvin. Et au-delà d’eux, vois dans mes membres divers tous les Prajāpati ; vois aussi les Sept Ṛṣi.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a vision of dharma as rooted in the Vedic-cosmic order: even healing powers (the Aśvins) and the creative principles (Prajāpatis) are to be ‘seen’ as integral to the sacred structure being revealed, suggesting that righteousness includes reverence for the sustaining and restorative forces of the universe.
Bhishma, speaking as a revered authority, directs the listener to ‘behold’ divine presences—first the Aśvin twins behind him, then the Prajāpatis and the Seven Seers—framing his person as a locus of a larger cosmic revelation.