Shloka 51
ब्राह्मणस्य पूर्वतरा वृत्तिः — The Earlier Ideal Conduct of a Brahmana
River-of-Saṃsāra Metaphor
ह्वीनिषेव: सुहोत्रश्न भूरिहा पुष्पवान् वृष: । सत्येषु#षभो बाहु: कपिलाश्वञी विरूपक:
hvīniṣevaḥ suhotraśna bhūrihā puṣpavān vṛṣaḥ | satyeṣuṣabho bāhuḥ kapilāśvañ ca virūpakaḥ ||
毗湿摩说道：“（在那一系/序列中）有许多名号各异之人——赫维尼舍瓦、苏霍特罗什那、布胡利诃、普什婆梵与弗利沙；又有萨提耶苏沙婆、婆呼、迦毗罗阿湿婆与毗卢波迦。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse functions as a genealogical enumeration: it emphasizes continuity of lineage and the remembrance of rulers/ancestors, a common Shānti-parvan method for grounding ethical and political instruction (dharma and rājadharma) in historical exemplars.
Bhīṣma is listing successive figures (likely kings or notable persons) within a lineage being discussed in this section of Śānti Parva, naming them in sequence as part of a broader account that supports instruction on conduct and governance.