Shloka 21
Adhyāya 59: On Giving to the Asker and Supporting the Non-asking (याचक-अयाचक-दाने धर्मः)
यथोक्तमृषिणा चापि तदा तदभवन्नूप । जन्म रामस्य च मुनेर्विश्वामित्रस्य चैव हि
yathoktam ṛṣiṇā cāpi tadā tad abhavan nṛpa | janma rāmasya ca muner viśvāmitrasya caiva hi, yudhiṣṭhira ||
Бхишма сказал: «О царь Юдхиштхира, как предрёк мудрец, так и свершилось со временем: Рама (Парашурама) родился в роду Бхригу, а мудрец Вишвамитра — в линии Кушики. Слово провидца не бывает ложным, и порядок дхармы раскрывается через предначертанные рождения».
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the reliability of ṛṣi-vākya (a seer’s word) and the moral order (dharma) working through time: foretold outcomes manifest through the births of great figures whose lives shape ethical and social balance.
Bhīṣma reminds Yudhiṣṭhira that a prior sage’s prediction was fulfilled: Paraśurāma arose in the Bhṛgu line and Viśvāmitra in the Kuśika line, linking present teachings to an earlier prophecy and to the significance of lineage in epic history.