Shloka 8
ब्राह्मणपूजा-राजधर्मः | Royal Duty of Honoring Learned Brahmins
हैहयस्य तु राजेन्द्र दशसु स्त्रीषु भारत । शतं बभूव पुत्राणां शूराणामनिवर्तिनाम्
haihayasya tu rājendra daśasu strīṣu bhārata | śataṃ babhūva putrāṇāṃ śūrāṇām anivartinām ||
भीष्म उवाच—राजेन्द्र भारत! हैहयस्य नृपतेर्दश स्त्रियः आसन्। तासां गर्भेभ्यः शतं पुत्राणां बभूव—शूराणाम् अनिवर्तिनां रणात्।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ideal of kṣatriya steadfastness—warriors are praised as anivartin, those who do not retreat—while also situating this ideal within dynastic and genealogical narration.
Bhishma recounts a genealogical detail: the Haihaya ruler, having ten wives, fathers a hundred sons described as brave and unwavering in battle, emphasizing the martial character of that line.