Shloka 2
प्रजापतयः देवगणाश्च दिशि-दिशि स्थिताः ऋषयः
Prajāpatis, Deva-Groups, and the Ṛṣis Assigned to the Directions
भीष्म उवाच अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् । मनो: प्रजापतेर्वाद महर्षेश्व॒ बृहस्पते:
bhīṣma uvāca | atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam | manoḥ prajāpater vādaṃ maharṣeś ca bṛhaspateḥ ||
ဘီရှ္မက ပြောသည်— “မဟာရာဇာ၊ ဤအကြောင်း၌လည်း ရှေးဟောင်းအထောက်အထားတစ်ရပ်ကို ဥပမာအဖြစ် ထုတ်ပြန်ကြသည်။ ထိုသည်မှာ ပ္ရဇာပတိ မနုနှင့် မဟာရိရှိ ဗြဟ္မစပတိတို့၏ ဆွေးနွေးပွဲပုံစံဖြင့် ရှေးကာလက ပုံပြင်တစ်ပုဒ်ပင် ဖြစ်သည်”။
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma frames the forthcoming instruction as grounded in authoritative tradition: ethical and dharmic questions are clarified by citing an ancient precedent, specifically a dialogue between Manu and Brihaspati.
Bhishma transitions into an illustrative story: he announces that an old itihasa—structured as a debate/discussion between Prajapati Manu and the sage Brihaspati—will be presented as an example relevant to the topic under discussion.