Shloka 55
आदिराज: पृथुर्वैन्यो मित्रभानु: प्रियड्कर: । त्रसद्स्युस्तथा राजा श्वेतो राजर्षिसत्तम:
ādirājaḥ pṛthur vainyo mitrabhānuḥ priyāṅkaraḥ | trasadsyus tathā rājā śveto rājarṣisattamaḥ ||
भीष्म म्हणाले—(आता पुढे) राजर्षींची नावे ऐक—वेनपुत्र आदिराज पृथु; सर्वांना प्रिय व हितकारी मित्रभानु; राजा त्रसद्स्यु; आणि राजर्षींत श्रेष्ठ श्वेत।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse contributes to a dharmic practice of remembering exemplary rulers (rājarṣis). Their names function as moral models: recalling them is presented as a way to cultivate reverence for righteous governance, generosity, and self-restraint.
Bhīṣma is enumerating celebrated king-sages. This verse names Pṛthu (son of Vena) and a few others—Mitrabhānu, Trasadsyu, and Śveta—as part of a longer catalogue whose recitation is praised.