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Shloka 156

Nakṣatra-yoga-anusāreṇa Dāna-vidhiḥ

Gifts prescribed according to lunar mansions and yogas

ब्राह्मणास्तात भुञ्जानास्त्रेताग्निं प्रीणयन्त्युत । तात! नियमपूर्वक ब्रह्मचर्यव्रतका पालन करनेवाले ब्राह्मण यदि प्रातःकाल घरमें भोजन करते हैं तो तीनों अग्नियोंको तृप्त कर देते हैं

brāhmaṇās tāta bhuñjānās tretāgniṁ prīṇayanti uta |

قال بهيشما: «يا بُنيّ، إنّ البراهمة إذا أكلوا على الوجه المشروع، أرضَوا كذلك نيرانَ القُدس الثلاث (الثلاثيّة المقدّسة). فالبراهمة المنضبطون—ولا سيّما من يلتزمون بعهْد البراهمتشَرْيا (brahmacarya) بقيوده المقرّرة—لا يجعلون الأكل مجرّد متعة؛ فإذا أُخِذ الطعام وفق القاعدة والطهارة صار فعلاً يمدّ نيرانَ القُدس بما تقوم به ويُرضيها، ومن ثمّ يعضد نظام الدارما على نهج الفيدا.»

ब्राह्मणाःBrahmins
ब्राह्मणाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तातO dear (son)
तात:
TypeNoun
Rootतात
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
भुञ्जानाःeating, while eating
भुञ्जानाः:
TypeVerb
Rootभुज्
Formशानच् (present active participle), Parasmaipada (active), Masculine, Nominative, Plural
त्रेताग्निम्the three sacred fires
त्रेताग्निम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootत्रेताग्नि
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
प्रीणयन्तिthey please/satisfy
प्रीणयन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootप्रीणय् (from प्री/प्रीण्)
FormPresent (Lat), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
उतalso, indeed
उत:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
B
Brāhmaṇas
T
Tretāgni (three sacred fires)

Educational Q&A

Food taken with restraint and according to prescribed discipline is not mere consumption; it becomes a dharmic act that supports the Vedic order—symbolized by ‘pleasing the three sacred fires.’

Bhīṣma, in his instruction on dharma, explains to his listener that properly regulated Brahmins, even while performing an ordinary act like eating, uphold ritual obligations and thereby ‘satisfy’ the triad of sacred fires.