Shloka 29
एकान्तिधर्म-प्रश्नः (Inquiry into Ekāntin Dharma) / The Origin and Practice of Single-Pointed Nārāyaṇa-Centered Discipline
आस्यै: सप्तभिरुद्वीर्ण लोकधर्ममनुत्तमम् | मरीचिरुत््यड्विरसौ पुलस्त्य: पुलहः क्रतु: । वसिष्ठ श्न महातेजास्ते हि चित्रशिखण्डिन:
āsyaḥ saptabhir udvīrṇaṁ lokadharmam anuttamam | marīcir atrir aṅgirāḥ pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ | vasiṣṭhaś ca mahātejās te hi citraśikhaṇḍinaḥ |
ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: “ຈາກປາກເຈັດປາກ ໄດ້ປະກາດທຳຂອງໂລກອັນສູງສຸດບໍ່ມີສິ່ງໃດເທົ່າ. ມະຣີຈິ, ອະຕຣິ, ອັງຄິຣັສ, ປຸລັສຕະຍະ, ປຸລະຫະ, ກຣະຕຸ ແລະ ວະສິດຖະຜູ້ມີຣັດສະມີອັນໃຫຍ່—ຣິຊີຜູ້ໂດ່ງດັງເຈັດອົງນີ້ ເອີ້ນວ່າ ‘ຈິຕຣະສິຂັນດິນ’. ພວກທ່ານຮ່ວມໃຈກັນເທິງພູໃຫຍ່ ເມຣຸ ແລະໄດ້ອະທິບາຍພ້ອມຮຽບຮຽງຄຳສອນອັນດີເລີດ ຄວນແກ່ການນັບຖື ແລະເປັນຫຼັກຖານດັ່ງວິທະທັງສີ່; ໃນນັ້ນໄດ້ອະທິບາຍຫຼັກທຳສູງສຸດແຫ່ງລະບຽບສັງຄົມ ແລະສິນທຳ.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma that sustains worldly life (lokadharma) is presented as an authoritative, Veda-like teaching, articulated through the consensus and speech of seven eminent sages, emphasizing that ethical and social norms have a venerable, scriptural foundation.
Bhishma identifies seven famous rishis—Marichi, Atri, Angiras, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, and Vasistha—calling them Citraśikhaṇḍins, and describes how they jointly expounded a supreme account of lokadharma, traditionally situated on Mount Meru and treated as highly authoritative.