Shloka 10
Vītahavya’s Attainment of Brāhmaṇya (Vītahavya–Vipratva) | वीतहव्यस्य ब्राह्मण्यप्राप्तिः
ततः षष्टिगुणे काले राजन्यो नाम जायते । ततः षष्टिगुणे काले लभते ब्रह्मबन्धुताम्
tataḥ ṣaṣṭiguṇe kāle rājanyo nāma jāyate | tataḥ ṣaṣṭiguṇe kāle labhate brahmabandhutām ||
Wika ni Bhīṣma: “Pagkaraan nito, matapos ang panahong animnapung ulit ang haba, isisilang siya sa kaayusang Kṣatriya. At muli, matapos ang isa pang panahong animnapung ulit, magkakamit siya ng kapanganakan sa bahay ng isang ‘brahma-bandhu’—Brahmin sa lahi ngunit nalugmok mula sa asal at gawi ng Brahmin.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma emphasizes karmic consequence unfolding over vast stretches of time: moral and spiritual decline can lead to progressively lower or compromised social-spiritual conditions of birth, culminating in being a ‘brahma-bandhu’—Brahmin by lineage but deprived of true Brahminical conduct.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction on dharma, he describes a sequence of rebirths measured by ‘sixtyfold’ periods: first a birth as a Kṣatriya, and later a birth in the family of a fallen Brahmin, illustrating delayed but inevitable fruition of actions.