Shloka 30
अध्याय २०८ — इन्द्रियनिग्रहः, सत्याहिंसात्मकवाक्, कर्मफलविवेकः
Restraint of the Senses, Non-harming Truthful Speech, and Discernment of Karmic Consequence
उषड्भु: कवषो धौम्य: परिव्याधश्च वीर्यवान्,एते चैव महात्मान: पश्चिमामाश्रिता दिशम् | उषंगु, कवष, धौम्य, शक्तिशाली परिव्याध, एकत, द्वित, त्रित तथा अत्रिके प्रभावशाली पुत्र भगवान् सारस्वत--ये महात्मा महर्षि पश्चिम दिशामें निवास करते हैं
Uṣaḍbhuḥ kavaṣo dhaumyaḥ parivyādhaś ca vīryavān | ete caiva mahātmānaḥ paścimām āśritā diśam ||
Bhīṣma berkata: “Uṣaḍbhu, Kavaṣa, Dhaumya, dan Parivyādha yang perkasa—para mahatma ini bersemayam di penjuru barat.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is upheld by great souls in every region; spiritual authority and ethical exemplars are not limited to a single place or social identity. By naming figures in the western quarter, Bhishma underscores the universality of virtue and the wide distribution of dharmic models.
Bhishma is listing renowned virtuous persons/sages associated with different directions. Here he identifies those residing in the western quarter—Uṣaḍbhu, Kavaṣa, Dhaumya, and the mighty Parivyādha—as part of a broader catalog meant to orient the listener to a moral-spiritual landscape.