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Shloka 13

Vānaprastha-dharma and Tapas: Śiva–Umā Saṃvāda

Forest-Stage Discipline and Austerity

Devanagari script

ऋषिधर्म: स्मृतो यत्र सरहस्यो महाफल: । महायज्ञफलं चैव सर्वदानफलं तथा

Transliteration

ṛṣidharmaḥ smṛto yatra sa-rahasyo mahāphalaḥ | mahāyajñaphalaṃ caiva sarvadānaphalaṃ tathā ||

Translation

Bhishma sprach: „In jener Lehre wird das Dharma der Weisen in Erinnerung gehalten—tief, von inneren Bedeutungen behütet und von großem Lohn; und dort werden auch die Früchte großer Opfer sowie die Früchte jeder Art von Gabe dargelegt.“

Word by Word

ऋषिधर्मःthe rishi-dharma (duty/teaching of sages)

स्मृतःis declared/remembered

यत्रwherein/where

सहtogether with

रहस्यःwith secret/esoteric import

महाफलःof great fruit/result

महायज्ञफलम्the fruit of great sacrifices

चand

एवindeed/just

सर्वदानफलम्the fruit of all gifts/charities

तथाlikewise/so also

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Rishis (sages)

Mahāyajña (great sacrifice)

Dāna (gift/charity)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That the tradition of the sages (ṛṣi-dharma) is not merely external ritual: it contains inner principles (rahasya) and yields great merit, and it also authoritatively explains the ethical-spiritual fruits of sacrifice (yajña) and giving (dāna).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma, instructing on dharma in the Anushasana Parva, praises a body of teaching that comprehensively expounds hidden doctrines—especially connected with rites like śrāddha—and clarifies the rewards of major sacrifices and all forms of charity.