आचारप्रशंसा
Praise of Ācāra as the Basis of Longevity, Fame, and Prosperity
चतुष्पथ्थं न सेवेत उभे संध्ये तथैव च । दोपहरमें, रातमें, विशेषत:ः आधी रातके समय और दोनों संध्याओंके समय कभी चौराहोंपर न रहे ।।
bhīṣma uvāca | catuṣpathaṃ na seveta ubhe sandhye tathaiva ca | upānahau ca vastraṃ ca dhṛtam anyair na dhārayet |
ভীষ্মে ক’লে—উভয় সন্ধ্যাকালত (পুৱা আৰু গধূলি) চতুষ্পথত থকাটো বা সঘনাই তাত যোৱাটো উচিত নহয়। আৰু আনৰ পিন্ধা জোতা-চেণ্ডেল আৰু বস্ত্ৰ ধাৰণ নকৰিব।
भीष्म उवाच
Bhishma teaches practical disciplines of purity and restraint: avoid morally and ritually vulnerable places/times (like crossroads at twilight) and avoid using items worn by others, as part of maintaining śauca (cleanliness) and brahmacarya (self-control).
In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma is instructing Yudhishthira on dharma. This verse is part of a set of behavioral injunctions (ācāra) describing what a disciplined person should avoid in daily life.