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 ||
यथोक्तमृषिणा चापि तदा तदभवन्नृप। जन्म रामस्य भृगौ वंशे विश्वामित्रस्य कुशिकेषु च॥
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.