Shloka 24
बक-गौतमाख्यानम् / The Baka–Gautama Account
On Gratitude and Friendship Ethics
ऋषयो वालखिलल््याश्षु प्रभासा: सिकतास्तथा । घृतपा: सोमवायव्या वैश्वानरमरीचिपा:
ṛṣayo vālakhilyāś ca prabhāsāḥ sikatās tathā | ghṛtapāḥ somavāyavyā vaiśvānaramarīcipāḥ ||
ພີສະມະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ຍັງມີອີກ ບັນດາລະສີທີ່ເອີ້ນວ່າ ວາລະຄິລະຍະ, ແລະພວກທີ່ເອີ້ນວ່າ ປະພາສະ ແລະ ສິກະຕາ; ອີກທັງຜູ້ດຳລົງຊີວິດດ້ວຍນ້ຳມັນເນີຍ (ຄຣິຕະປາ), ດ້ວຍໂສມະ, ດ້ວຍລົມ, ດ້ວຍຫຼັກໄຟ (ໄວສະວານະຣະ), ແລະດ້ວຍລຳແສງຕາເວັນ (ມະຣີຈິປາ). ນັກຕະປະຜູ້ຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ເຫຼົ່ານີ້ທັງໝົດ ຢູ່ໃຕ້ຂໍ້ບັນຍັດຂອງ ພຣະພຣົມາ ແລ້ວໄດ້ຮັບເອົາການຖືປະພຶດທຳອັນນິລັນດອນ ຕາມວິໄນຕະປະຂອງແຕ່ລະຜູ້».
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that diverse ascetic disciplines—symbolized by different modes of subsistence (ghee, Soma, air, fire-principle, sunbeams)—can all be valid when aligned with Brahmā’s ordinance and directed toward the observance of sanātana-dharma, the enduring moral-cosmic order.
In Bhīṣma’s discourse in the Śānti Parva, he enumerates various classes of sages and austerity-practitioners, presenting them as exemplars who, under Brahmā’s command, uphold eternal dharma through their respective forms of tapas and disciplined living.