Shloka 4
अध्याय ५६ — च्यवन–कुशिकसंवादः
Cyavana–Kuśika Dialogue on Lineage, Conflict, and Transmission
अथ शून्येन मनसा प्रविश्य स्वगृहं नृपः । ददर्श शयने तस्मिन् शयानं भृगुनन्दनम्,राजाने सूने मनसे जब घरमें प्रवेश किया तब भृगुनन्दन महर्षि च्यवनको पुनः उसी शय्यापर सोते देखा
atha śūnyena manasā praviśya svagṛhaṃ nṛpaḥ | dadarśa śayane tasmin śayānaṃ bhṛgunandanam ||
Bhishma nói: Rồi nhà vua, bước vào nhà mình với tâm trí trống rỗng và hoang vắng, thấy ngay trên chiếc giường ấy hậu duệ của Bhṛgu đang nằm ngủ.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse contrasts a ruler’s inward emptiness and agitation with a sage’s calm repose, implying that ethical steadiness and self-mastery create inner stability, while moral or emotional turmoil makes even familiar spaces feel alien.
The king returns and enters his own house in a mentally desolate state, and he sees the Bhṛgu-descended sage (Cyavana) lying asleep on the same bed, setting up the next development in Bhīṣma’s account.