Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 63
Adhyāya 119: Vyāsa–Kīṭa-saṃvāda
Tapas-bala and karmic ascent across yoni
श्येनचित्रेण राजेन्द्र सोमकेन वृकेण च | रैवते रन्तिदेवेन वसुना सृज्जयेन च
śyenacitreṇa rājendra somakena vṛkeṇa ca | raivate rantidevena vasunā sṛjjayena ca
毗湿摩说道：“噢，国王啊，（此道）曾由施耶那奇特罗、苏摩迦与弗利迦示范；亦由赖伐多、兰提提婆、婆苏与斯林阇耶为范。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma reinforces dharma by appealing to remembered exemplars: the right course is clarified not only by abstract rule but by precedent—figures whose lives are invoked as authoritative models of ethical conduct.
In the Anuśāsana discourse, Bhīṣma continues instructing the king and, to support his point, lists a chain of well-known names—Śyenacitra, Somaka, Vṛka, Raivata, Rantideva, Vasu, and Sṛñjaya—signaling that the teaching is grounded in traditional examples.