Shloka 17
अश्वशिरो-आख्यानम्
Aśvaśiras / Hayaśiras Narrative: Retrieval of the Vedas
धर्मस्य कुलसंताने धमदिभिर्विवर्धित: । अहो हानुगृहीतो<द्य धर्म एभि: सुरैरिह
dharmasya kulasantāne dharmādibhir vivardhitaḥ | aho hānugṛhīto 'dya dharma ebhiḥ surair iha ||
Бхишма сказал: «В непрерывной преемственности этого рода Дхарма — взращённая и укреплённая праведностью и сродными добродетелями — поистине была поддержана. Увы, сегодня здесь Дхарма получила особое благоволение от этих богов.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is sustained not merely by inheritance but by continual cultivation of righteous qualities; when such virtues prevail, it is seen as divine support for moral order.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction during the Śānti Parva, he reflects on Dharma being preserved and strengthened within a lineage and remarks that, in the present situation, the gods themselves appear to be favoring the triumph or establishment of Dharma.