Shloka 98
Varṇa-dharma and Rājadharma: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Normative Outline (वर्णधर्म-राजधर्म-प्रश्नोत्तरम्)
भूयो<स्य दक्षिणं पार्णिं ममन्थुस्ते महर्षय: । ततः पुरुष उत्पन्नो रूपेणेन्द्र इवापर:,इसके बाद फिर महर्षियोंने वेनके दाहिने हाथका मन्न्थन किया। उससे एक दूसरे पुरुषका प्राकट्य हुआ, जो रूपमें देवराज इन्द्रके समान थे
bhūyo 'sya dakṣiṇaṃ pāṇiṃ mamanthus te maharṣayaḥ | tataḥ puruṣa utpanno rūpeṇendra ivāparaḥ ||
Bhīṣma nói: Một lần nữa, các đại hiền triết ấy khuấy luyện bàn tay phải của ông. Từ đó hiện ra một người đàn ông khác, dung mạo tựa như chính thần Indra.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when a lineage is tainted by unrighteous rule, dharma can be re-established through the corrective agency of the wise; rightful kingship is portrayed as something that must align with cosmic and social order, not mere heredity or power.
The sages perform a ritualized 'churning' of King Vena’s right hand, and from it a second man is produced, radiant like Indra—an episode traditionally understood as the manifestation of a divinely empowered ruler (associated with Pṛthu) meant to restore proper governance.