Shloka 17
अध्याय २०८ — इन्द्रियनिग्रहः, सत्याहिंसात्मकवाक्, कर्मफलविवेकः
Restraint of the Senses, Non-harming Truthful Speech, and Discernment of Karmic Consequence
नासत्यश्वैव दख्रश्न॒ स्मृतौ द्वावश्विनावपि । मार्तण्डस्यात्मजावेतावष्टमस्य महात्मन:
nāsatyāś caiva dadhraśnaḥ smṛtau dvāv aśvināv api | mārtaṇḍasyātmajāv etāv aṣṭamasya mahātmanaḥ ||
毗湿摩说道：“依诸《忆传》（Smṛti）之说，纳萨提耶（Nāsatya）与达陀罗什那（Dadhraśna）被记为一对阿湿毗尼双生神。此二者乃玛尔坦达（Mārtaṇḍa）之子——第八位阿底提耶（Āditya），大心之神。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse grounds knowledge in smṛti (received tradition) and presents a concise genealogical identification of the Aśvins, emphasizing the Mahābhārata’s method of linking ethical-discursive teaching with authoritative cosmological and lineage frameworks.
Bhīṣma, while instructing in Śānti Parva, cites traditional remembrance to identify the Aśvin twins by name and to state their parentage from Mārtaṇḍa, the eighth Āditya.