Shloka 37
यावत् स्थास्यन्ति गिरयो यावत् स्थास्यन्ति सागरा: । तावत् तवाक्षया कीर्ति: सपुत्रस्य भविष्यति
yāvat sthāsyanti girayo yāvat sthāsyanti sāgarāḥ | tāvat tavākṣayā kīrtiḥ saputrasya bhaviṣyati ||
ಪರ್ವತಗಳು ನಿಲ್ಲುವವರೆಗೆ, ಸಾಗರಗಳು ಇರುವವರೆಗೆ, ಅಷ್ಟರವರೆಗೆ ನಿನ್ನ—ನಿನ್ನ ಪುತ್ರನೊಡನೆಗೂಡಿದ—ಅಕ್ಷಯ ಕೀರ್ತಿ ಮುಂದುವರಿಯುತ್ತದೆ.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma teaches that dharmic conduct and worthy deeds create akṣayā kīrti—an enduring moral reputation—so stable that it is compared to the permanence of mountains and oceans, and it extends to one’s lineage (son) as well.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma is instructing and consoling Yudhiṣṭhira after the war, praising him and assuring him that his renown—along with his son’s—will endure for ages, using cosmic imagery (mountains and seas) to express lasting fame.