Shloka 78
बक-गौतमाख्यानम् / The Baka–Gautama Account
On Gratitude and Friendship Ethics
रैवताद युवनाश्वश्व युवनाश्वात्ततो रघु: । इक्ष्वाकुवंशजस्तस्माद्धरिणाश्व: प्रतापवान्
Raivatād Yuvanāśvaś ca Yuvanāśvāt tato Raghuḥ | Ikṣvākūvaṁśajas tasmād Hariṇāśvaḥ pratāpavān ||
毗湿摩继续叙述王族谱系：由罗伊瓦塔生优婆那湿婆；由优婆那湿婆生罗伽；而在那光耀的伊叉婆拘一脉中，又出现了勇力卓绝的诃利那湿婆，以英武闻名。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights continuity of dharma through dynastic succession: exemplary kings are remembered not only as individuals but as links in a chain that preserves righteous governance, valor, and responsibility.
Bhīṣma is reciting a genealogical sequence within the Ikṣvāku (solar) line, naming successive rulers—Raivata, Yuvanāśva, Raghu, and Hariṇāśva—to situate later teachings about royal conduct within an authoritative ancestral tradition.