Shloka 173
मार्तण्डस्यात्मजावेतौ संज्ञानासाविनिर्गतौ । नासत्य और दस्न--ये दोनों अश्विनीकुमारके नामसे प्रसिद्ध हैं। इनकी उत्पत्ति भगवान् सूर्यके वीर्यसे हुई है। ये अश्वरूपधारिणी संज्ञा देवीके नाकसे प्रकट हुऐ थे (ये सब मिलाकर तैंतीस देवता हैं)
mārtaṇḍasyātmajāv etau saṃjñānāsāvinirgatau | nāsatyau ca dasnau ca—etau dvāv aśvinīkumārau nāmnā prasiddhau | etayor utpattiḥ bhagavataḥ sūryasya vīryataḥ | aśvarūpadhāriṇyāḥ saṃjñādevyā nāsikāto nirgatāv iti | (ete sarve militvā trayastriṃśad devāḥ)
ଭୀଷ୍ମ କହିଲେ—“ଏହି ଦୁଇଜଣ ମାର୍ତଣ୍ଡ (ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟ)ଙ୍କ ପୁତ୍ର; ଅଶ୍ୱରୂପ ଧାରଣ କରିଥିବା ସଂଜ୍ଞା ଦେବୀଙ୍କ ନାସାରନ୍ଧ୍ରରୁ ସେମାନେ ପ୍ରକଟ ହୋଇଥିଲେ। ନାସତ୍ୟ ଓ ଦସ୍ର—ଏହି ଦୁଇଜଣ ଅଶ୍ୱିନୀକୁମାର ନାମରେ ପ୍ରସିଦ୍ଧ; ଦିବାକରଙ୍କ ବୀର୍ୟରୁ ତାଙ୍କ ଉତ୍ପତ୍ତି। ଏହିପରି ସେମାନେ ତେତ୍ରିଶ ଦେବତାଙ୍କ ଗଣନାରେ ଅନ୍ତର୍ଭୁକ୍ତ।”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage preserves a traditional Vedic genealogy: the Aśvin twins (Nāsatya and Dasra) are divine beings born from the Sun’s potency through Saṃjñā’s mare-form, and they belong to the canonical group of thirty-three gods—emphasizing continuity of sacred tradition and the ordered cosmology underlying dharma.
Bhīṣma is enumerating and identifying deities: he explains the names and birth-story of the Aśvinī-kumāras, stating that they emerged from Saṃjñā-devī’s nostrils while she had taken a mare’s form, and that their father is Mārtaṇḍa (Sūrya).