Shloka 15
Bhīṣma’s Counsel on Reconciliation and Partition (भीष्मोपदेशः—संधि-राज्यविभागविचारः)
तथैव मुनिजा वार्क्षी तपोभिभर्भावितात्मन: । संगताभूद् दश भ्रातृनेकनाम्न: प्रचेतस:
tathaiva munijā vārkṣī tapobhir bhāvitātmanaḥ | saṅgatābhūd daśa bhrātṝn ekanāmnaḥ pracetasaḥ ||
同じく、ヴァールクシー（Vārkṣī）—聖仙カンドゥ（Kaṇḍu）の娘で、苦行によって内奥を清め強められた者—は、同じ名で呼ばれる十人のプラチェータス（Pracetas）兄弟と婚姻の盟約を結んだ。彼らは兄弟として固く結束していた。
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights tapas as a means of inner refinement (bhāvitātman) and presents marriage as a dharmic social bond that links lineages; ethical emphasis falls on purity of conduct and the orderly continuation of family lines.
Yudhiṣṭhira recounts that Vārkṣī, the sage Kaṇḍu’s daughter, formed a marital union with the ten Pracetas brothers, who are collectively known by one shared name and are described as mutually united as brothers.