Shloka 446
भक्षयेच्छास्त्रदृष्टानि पर्वस्वपि विवर्जयेत् । शास्त्रोंमें जिन काष्ठोंका दाँतन निषिद्ध माना गया है, उन्हें सदा ही त्याग दे--कभी काममें न ले। शास्त्रविहित काष्ठका ही दन््तधावन करे; परंतु पर्वके दिन उसका भी परित्याग कर दे
bhakṣayecchāstradṛṣṭāni parvasv api vivarjayet |
Bhishma said: One should use only those tooth-cleaning sticks that are approved by the scriptures, and avoid those that the scriptures prohibit. Moreover, on festival or sacred observance days (parva-days), one should refrain even from the otherwise permitted tooth-stick, practicing restraint in keeping with dharma.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Follow scriptural guidance in daily conduct: use only permitted means for personal hygiene, and observe heightened restraint on sacred days by abstaining even from normally allowed practices.
Bhishma is giving prescriptive instruction on dharma—specifically rules of conduct and purity—detailing what kinds of tooth-cleaning sticks are acceptable and how observance days require stricter self-control.