Shloka 18
Brahmacarya-Upāya: Jñāna, Śauca, and the Mind’s Role in Desire (शान्ति पर्व, अध्याय २०७)
मरीचि: कश्यपं तात पुत्रमग्रजमग्रज: । मानसं जनयामास तैजसं ब्रह्मवित्तमम्
Marīciḥ Kaśyapaṃ tāta putram agrajam agrajaḥ | mānasaṃ janayāmāsa taijasaṃ brahmavittamam ||
Bhīṣma nói: “Này con yêu, Marīci—bậc trưởng thượng trong hàng các hiền triết—chỉ bằng sức mạnh của tâm ý đã sinh ra một người con tên Kaśyapa, rực rỡ hào quang và đứng đầu trong những bậc tri Brahman.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the primacy of spiritual knowledge and inner power: Kaśyapa is praised as brahmavittama (foremost knower of Brahman), and his origin as mānasa (mind-born) underscores creation through tapas, purity, and concentrated consciousness rather than merely physical generation.
Bhīṣma is recounting a genealogical-cosmic lineage: among the primeval sages, Marīci is presented as senior, and he produces a distinguished son, Kaśyapa, described as radiant and supreme among Brahman-knowers—setting up the broader account of progenitors and the origins of beings.