Shloka 33
प्रतिग्रहभेदः — The Distinction between Giving and Accepting
Vṛṣādarbhī–Saptarṣi Dialogue
सत्रजो वज्री वरी चैव विश्वेदेवा: सनातना: । विद्युद्वर्चा: सोमवर्चा: सूर्यश्रीक्षेति नामत:
satrajo vajrī varī caiva viśvedevāḥ sanātanāḥ | vidyudvarcāḥ somavarcāḥ sūryaśrīkṣeti nāmataḥ ||
Bhīṣma disse: “Estes são os antigos Viśvedevas, conhecidos pelos nomes Satraja, Vajrī, Varī, Vidyudvarcā, Somavarcā e Sūryaśrīkṣa.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes the traditional practice of preserving and reciting sacred lineages of divine names. In the Anuśāsana context, such naming serves as a form of reverent remembrance and a way to situate ethical instruction within a larger sacred cosmology.
Bhīṣma, in his instructional discourse, enumerates a set of the Viśvedevas and states their names. The passage functions as a catalog within a broader teaching section, identifying these deities explicitly ‘by name’.