Shloka 22
अध्याय २०८ — इन्द्रियनिग्रहः, सत्याहिंसात्मकवाक्, कर्मफलविवेकः
Restraint of the Senses, Non-harming Truthful Speech, and Discernment of Karmic Consequence
शीलयौवनतत्त्वन्यस्तथान्य: सिद्धसाध्ययो: । ऋतभवो मरुतश्वैव देवानां चोदितो गण:
śīla-yauvana-tattva-nyās tathā anyaḥ siddha-sādhyayoḥ | ṛbhavo marutaś caiva devānāṃ codito gaṇaḥ ||
Wika ni Bhīṣma: “Sa mga diyos ay may iba’t ibang uri ng pangkat. May isang pangkat na nakatatag sa marangal na asal at pinagkalooban ng kabataang hindi kumukupas; ang isa pa’y binubuo ng mga Siddha at Sādhya. Ang Ṛbhu at ang Marut ay tinatawag din na mga hukbong makalangit—mga pangkat ng diyos na nakatalaga sa kani-kanilang tungkulin.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights an ordered cosmos: divine beings are grouped by qualities and functions. Ethical excellence (śīla) and disciplined vitality (yauvana) are presented as defining traits of certain divine classes, implying that virtue and right disposition are foundational even in higher realms.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma is instructing Yudhiṣṭhira on broader principles of order and dharma. Here he enumerates categories of divine beings—Siddhas, Sādhyas, Ṛbhus, and Maruts—describing them as recognized hosts within the divine hierarchy.