Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 30
यवक्रीतश्च रैभ्यश्व॒ अर्वावसुपरावसू । ओऔशिजजश्चैव कक्षीवान् बलश्षाड्रिरस: सुत:
yavakrītaś ca raibhyaś ca arvāvasu-parāvasū | auśijajaś caiva kakṣīvān balaḥ śāḍrasaḥ sutaḥ ||
Wika ni Bhishma: “Aking isasalaysay ang mga pangalan ng mga dakilang rishi—Yavakrīta at Raibhya; Arvāvasu at Parāvasu; si Kakṣīvān na anak ni Uśij; at si Bala na anak ni Śāḍrasa. Ang mga pantas na ito’y inaalala bilang may ningning ng Brahman at bilang mga tagapagpanatili ng kaayusan ng daigdig.”
भीष्म उवाच
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The verse underscores the ethical and cultural authority of ṛṣis: their spiritual discipline (brahmatejas) and exemplary lives are presented as foundations for sustaining social and cosmic order, making their names and lineages worthy of remembrance.
Bhishma, in an instructive discourse, begins enumerating renowned sages—identifying some by patronymics—to establish a lineage of spiritual exemplars and to lend weight to the dharmic instruction being conveyed in this section.