Shloka 3
प्रजाविसर्ग-तत्त्वनिर्णयः | Cosmogony of Elemental Emergence
Bharadvāja–Bhṛgu Dialogue
द्विजाते: कस्यचित् पार्थ स्वाध्यायनिरतस्य वै । बभूव पुत्रो मेधावी मेधावी नाम नामतः
dvijāteḥ kasyacit pārtha svādhyāya-niratasya vai | babhūva putro medhāvī medhāvī nāma nāmataḥ ||
ଭୀଷ୍ମ କହିଲେ—ହେ ପାର୍ଥ! ପୁରାତନ କାଳରେ ଜଣେ ଦ୍ୱିଜ ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣ ଥିଲେ, ଯିଏ ସଦା ସ୍ୱାଧ୍ୟାୟରେ ନିରତ ଥାଆନ୍ତି। ତାଙ୍କର ଜଣେ ପୁତ୍ର ଜନ୍ମିଲା—ଗୁଣରେ ମେଧାବୀ, ନାମରେ ମଧ୍ୟ ‘ମେଧାବୀ’।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse sets up an ethical exemplar: steadfast commitment to svādhyāya (disciplined sacred study) is presented as a foundational Brahmin virtue, and ‘medhā’ (intelligence) is framed as a valued quality—both as inner merit and as an identity to be lived up to.
Bhishma begins a didactic tale by introducing a devout Brahmin absorbed in Vedic study and his son named Medhāvī, whose intelligence becomes the focal point for the subsequent instruction.