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 berkata: “Sebagaimana telah disebutkan, para dewa dan para Pitṛ dipahami dalam dua golongan. Dari Tvaṣṭṛ lahir Viśvarūpa yang mulia dan termasyhur. Ajāikapād, Ahirbudhnya, Virūpākṣa, Raivata, Hara, Bahurūpa, Tryambaka, Sureśvara, Sāvitra, Jayanta, Pinākī, dan Aparājita—merekalah para Rudra (sebelas). Wahai yang mulia, nama delapan Vasu telah dinyatakan sebelumnya.”
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.