Shloka 7
अध्याय २०८ — इन्द्रियनिग्रहः, सत्याहिंसात्मकवाक्, कर्मफलविवेकः
Restraint of the Senses, Non-harming Truthful Speech, and Discernment of Karmic Consequence
दशानां तनयस्त्वेको दक्षो नाम प्रजापति: । तस्य द्वे नामनी लोके दक्ष: क इति चोच्यते,उन दसोंके एकमात्र पुत्र दक्ष नामसे प्रसिद्ध प्रजापति हैं। उनके दो नाम बताये जाते हैं --'दक्ष' और “क'
daśānāṃ tanayas tv eko dakṣo nāma prajāpatiḥ | tasya dve nāmanī loke dakṣaḥ ka iti cocyate ||
भीष्म ने कहा—उन दसों का एक ही पुत्र था, जो ‘दक्ष’ नाम से प्रसिद्ध प्रजापति था। लोक में उसे दो नामों से पुकारते हैं—‘दक्ष’ और ‘क’।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how a single revered figure can be known by multiple names in tradition, reminding the listener to recognize identity beyond labels and to read genealogical/cosmic accounts with attention to epithets and alternate appellations.
Bhishma is recounting a genealogical/cosmic lineage: among a group of ten, there is one son who becomes the progenitor Prajapati Daksha, and Bhishma notes that he is referred to by two names—Daksha and Ka.