Shloka 10
Śrī–Indra–Bali Saṃvāda: The Departure and Fourfold Placement of Lakṣmī
आसुरे: प्रथमं शिष्यं यमाहुश्चिरजीविनम् । पजञ्चस्रोतसि य: सत्रमास्ते वर्षमहस्रिकम्,उन्हें आसुरि मुनिका प्रथम शिष्य और चिरंजीवी बताया जाता है। उन्होंने एक हजार वर्षोतक मानस यज्ञका अनुष्ठान किया था
āsureḥ prathamaṃ śiṣyaṃ yam āhuś cirajīvinam | pañca-srotasi yaḥ satram āste varṣa-sahasrikam ||
ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു—അവനെ ആസുരി മുനിയുടെ ആദ്യ ശിഷ്യനെന്നും ദീർഘായുസ്സുള്ളവനെന്നും പറയുന്നു. പഞ്ചസ്രോതസിൽ അവൻ ആയിരം വർഷം നീണ്ടുനിന്ന സത്രയാഗം അനുഷ്ഠിച്ചു.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the authority of a teacher–disciple lineage and the moral-spiritual weight of sustained Vedic discipline: long, continuous sacrificial observance is presented as a marker of extraordinary commitment and accumulated merit.
Bhīṣma is describing a revered figure by identifying him through his lineage (as Āsuri’s first disciple), his exceptional lifespan, and his famed performance of a thousand-year satra at Pañcasrotas.