Shloka 53
Viśvāmitra-janma: Ṛcīka–Satyavatī–Gādhi and the Charu Exchange (विश्वामित्र-जन्म: ऋचीक–सत्यवती–गाधि वृत्तान्तः)
लीलाढ्यो नारदश्वैव तथा कूर्चामुख: स्मृत: । वादुलिमुसलश्नैव वक्षोग्रीवस्तथैव च
līlāḍhyo nāradaś caiva tathā kūrcāmukhaḥ smṛtaḥ | vādulimusalas caiva vakṣogrīvas tathaiva ca ||
ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ലീലാഢ്യനും നാരദനും, അതുപോലെ കൂർച്ചാമുഖനും സ്മരണീയരാണ്. കൂടാതെ വാദുലി-മുസലനും, വക്ഷോഗ്രീവനും കൂടി.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse models the dharmic importance of preserving and accurately reciting inherited tradition—names, lineages, and remembered figures—since such remembrance supports continuity of ethical and sacred knowledge.
Bhīṣma is continuing a formal enumeration of named beings/persons. The verse is part of a larger catalog, where each name is recorded as ‘remembered’ (smṛtaḥ), indicating reliance on established tradition.