Shloka 79
वृद्धैः काश्यपगौतमप्र भृतिभि र्भग्वड्धिरो5त्रयादिभि: शुक्रागस्त्यबृहस्पतिप्रभतिभिर्रह्यर्षिभि: सेवितम् । भारद्वाजमतमृचीकतनयै: प्राप्त वसिष्ठात् पुनः सावित्रीमधिगम्य शक्रवसुभि: कृत्स्ना जिता दानवा:
bhīṣma uvāca |
vṛddhaiḥ kāśyapa-gautama-bhṛgu-prabhṛtibhir bhagavadbhir atry-ādibhiḥ śukrāgastya-bṛhaspati-prabhṛtibhir brahmarṣibhiḥ sevitam | bhāradvāja-mataṁ ṛcīka-tanayaiḥ prāptaṁ vasiṣṭhāt punaḥ sāvitrīm adhigamya śakra-vasubhiḥ kṛtsnā jitā dānavāḥ ||
भीष्म म्हणाले—काश्यप, गौतम, भृगु, अंगिरा, अत्रि इत्यादी तसेच शुक्र, अगस्त्य, बृहस्पती इत्यादी वृद्ध ब्रह्मर्षींनी सावित्री (गायत्री) मंत्राचे नित्य सेवन केले आहे. महर्षी भारद्वाजांनी या मंत्राचे सखोल मनन केले; ऋचीकांचे पुत्र ते त्यांच्याकडूनच प्राप्त झाले. पुढे वसिष्ठांकडून सावित्री मिळवून इंद्र व वसूंनी तिच्या प्रभावाने सर्व दानवांना पराभूत केले.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that spiritual power and moral protection arise from disciplined practice and legitimate transmission of sacred knowledge. The Savitri/Gayatri is portrayed as effective when approached through reverence, contemplation, and guru-to-disciple lineage, becoming a support for dharma and a means to subdue forces aligned with adharma.
Bhishma lists eminent ancient seers who constantly practiced the Savitri/Gayatri. He then traces a line of transmission and application: Bharadvaja contemplated it; the sons of Richika received it from him; and Indra with the Vasus, having obtained it from Vashishtha, used its potency to defeat the Danavas.