Shloka 54
कुरु: संवरणश्वैव मान्धाता सत्यविक्रम: । मुचुकुन्दश्न राजर्षिजह्लुर्जाह्नविसेवित:
bhīṣma uvāca | kuruḥ saṃvaraṇaś caiva māndhātā satyavikramaḥ | mucukundaś ca rājarṣiḥ jahnuḥ jāhnavī-sevitaḥ ||
ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു—(സ്മരിക്കുവിൻ) കുരുവും സംവരണനും; സത്യവിക്രമനായ മാൻധാതാവും; രാജർഷി മുചുകുന്ദനും; ജാഹ്നവി (ഗംഗ) സേവിച്ച ജഹ്നുവും.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse promotes dharmic orientation through remembrance of exemplary rulers: recalling kings famed for truth, valor, and sage-like discipline is presented as a morally formative practice that inspires righteous conduct and reverence for dharma.
Bhishma continues enumerating celebrated royal figures within a larger passage that extols the merit of reciting or remembering the names of virtuous kings; this segment names Kuru, Saṃvaraṇa, Māndhātā, Mucukunda, and Jahnu associated with the river Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā).