Shloka 20
गड्जा महानदी वेणा कावेरी नर्मदा तथा । कुलम्पुना विशल्या च करतोयाम्बुवाहिनी
gaḍjā mahānadī veṇā kāverī narmadā tathā | kulampunā viśalyā ca karatoyāmbuvāhinī ||
ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «(ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຂໍເອີ້ນນາມຕໍ່) ແມ່ນ້ຳ ກັດຈາ, ມະຫານະດີ, ເວນາ, ກາເວຣີ, ແລະ ນັຣມະດາ; ພ້ອມທັງ ກຸລັມປຸນາ, ວິຊະລະຍາ, ກະຣະໂຕຍາ, ແລະ ອັມບຸວາຫິນີ»។
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Recollection and reverent naming of sacred rivers (and, by extension, divine powers) is presented as a dharmic act that purifies the mind and invites protection; it models reliance on sanctity, gratitude, and remembrance rather than aggression.
Bhīṣma continues a long protective enumeration (nāma-smaraṇa) by listing additional rivers. The verse is one segment of a broader litany in which holy beings and places are invoked to confer auspiciousness and safeguarding.