Shloka 34
अनुशासनपर्व अध्याय ९३ — तपस्, सदोपवास, विघसाशन, अतिथिप्रियता
Austerity, regulated fasting, residual-eating, and hospitality
ये च भाष्यविद: केचिद् ये च व्याकरणे रता: । अधीयते पुराण ये धर्मशास्त्राण्यथापि च
bhīṣma uvāca | ye ca bhāṣyavidaḥ kecid ye ca vyākaraṇe ratāḥ | adhīyate purāṇe ye dharmaśāstrāṇy athāpi ca ||
Bhishma said: Those who are learned in authoritative commentaries (bhāṣya), those devoted to grammar (vyākaraṇa), and those who study the Purāṇas as well as the Dharmaśāstras—such disciplined and accomplished Brahmins, by their learning and right conduct, become sources of purity for others. Their presence and adherence to sacred study and ethical practice are described as sanctifying even other Brahmins seated within the range of their sight.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma praises disciplined Brahmins devoted to rigorous scriptural learning—commentaries, grammar, Purāṇas, and Dharmaśāstras—implying that true scholarship joined with proper conduct has a purifying, uplifting influence on society.
In Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhishma continues enumerating the qualities of exemplary Brahmins, highlighting their fields of study and suggesting that such learned, self-controlled persons sanctify others by their presence and practice.