Shloka 70

Devanagari script

मधु मांसं च ये नित्यं वर्जयन्तीह धार्मिका: | जन्मप्रभृति मद्यं च सर्वे ते मुन॒य: स्मृता:

Transliteration

madhu māṁsaṁ ca ye nityaṁ varjayantīha dhārmikāḥ | janmaprabhṛti madyaṁ ca sarve te munayaḥ smṛtāḥ ||

Translation

يُعلن بهيشما: إنّ الأبرار الذين يلازمون في هذا العالم، منذ ولادتهم، اجتناب العسل والخمر المسكر واللحم—فجميعهم يُعَدّون مُنِيّين (muni)، أي حكماء زاهدين.

Word by Word

• मधु: honey
• मधु: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मांसम्: meat
• मांसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांस
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नित्यम्: always, constantly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• वर्जयन्ति: avoid, abstain from
• Type: Verb
• Root: वर्ज्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• इह: here (in this world)
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• धार्मिकाः: righteous (persons)
• धार्मिकाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धार्मिक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• जन्म: birth
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रभृति: from (the beginning), starting from
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति

• मद्यम्: liquor, intoxicant
• मद्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ते: they, those
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• स्मृताः: are considered/remembered (as)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• madhu (honey)
• madya (intoxicant)
• māṁsa (meat)
• muni (sage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Steady abstinence—especially from intoxicants and certain foods—when practiced as a lifelong discipline is presented as a hallmark of dharmic self-restraint, meriting the recognition of a person as a “muni” (sage).

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma (Anushasana Parva), he is describing ethical and ascetic standards; here he identifies lifelong abstainers from honey, alcohol, and meat as worthy of being counted among sages.