Shloka 10
Vītahavya’s Attainment of Brāhmaṇya (Vītahavya–Vipratva) | वीतहव्यस्य ब्राह्मण्यप्राप्तिः
ततः षष्टिगुणे काले राजन्यो नाम जायते । ततः षष्टिगुणे काले लभते ब्रह्मबन्धुताम्
tataḥ ṣaṣṭiguṇe kāle rājanyo nāma jāyate | tataḥ ṣaṣṭiguṇe kāle labhate brahmabandhutām ||
ភីṣ្មៈបានមានព្រះវាចា៖ «បន្ទាប់មក កាលពេល ‘ហុកសិបដង’ កន្លងផុតទៅ គេកើតក្នុងវណ្ណៈក្សត្រីយ (Kṣatriya)។ ហើយបន្ទាប់មកទៀត ពេល ‘ហុកសិបដង’ កន្លងផុតទៅម្ដងទៀត គេបានកំណើតក្នុងផ្ទះរបស់ ‘ព្រហ្ម-បន្ធុ’—អ្នកដែលជាព្រាហ្មណ៍តាមវង្ស តែធ្លាក់ចេញពីធម៌នៃព្រាហ្មណ៍»។
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma emphasizes karmic consequence unfolding over vast stretches of time: moral and spiritual decline can lead to progressively lower or compromised social-spiritual conditions of birth, culminating in being a ‘brahma-bandhu’—Brahmin by lineage but deprived of true Brahminical conduct.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction on dharma, he describes a sequence of rebirths measured by ‘sixtyfold’ periods: first a birth as a Kṣatriya, and later a birth in the family of a fallen Brahmin, illustrating delayed but inevitable fruition of actions.