Shloka 18
Brahmacarya-Upāya: Jñāna, Śauca, and the Mind’s Role in Desire (शान्ति पर्व, अध्याय २०७)
मरीचि: कश्यपं तात पुत्रमग्रजमग्रज: । मानसं जनयामास तैजसं ब्रह्मवित्तमम्
Marīciḥ Kaśyapaṃ tāta putram agrajam agrajaḥ | mānasaṃ janayāmāsa taijasaṃ brahmavittamam ||
ភីષ្មៈបានមានពាក្យថា៖ «កូនអើយ មរីចិ ដែលជាចាស់ជាងគេក្នុងចំណោមឥសីចាស់ៗ បានបង្កើតកូនប្រុសម្នាក់ដោយចិត្តតែប៉ុណ្ណោះ ឈ្មោះ កശ്യប (Kaśyapa) ដែលភ្លឺរលោងដោយតេជៈ និងជាអ្នកដឹងព្រះព្រហ្មដ៏លើសលប់»។
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the primacy of spiritual knowledge and inner power: Kaśyapa is praised as brahmavittama (foremost knower of Brahman), and his origin as mānasa (mind-born) underscores creation through tapas, purity, and concentrated consciousness rather than merely physical generation.
Bhīṣma is recounting a genealogical-cosmic lineage: among the primeval sages, Marīci is presented as senior, and he produces a distinguished son, Kaśyapa, described as radiant and supreme among Brahman-knowers—setting up the broader account of progenitors and the origins of beings.