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 ||
Bhīṣma dijo: Aquellos que conocen los bhāṣya (comentarios de autoridad), aquellos entregados a la gramática (vyākaraṇa), y aquellos que estudian los Purāṇa y también los Dharmaśāstra: tales brahmanes, disciplinados y consumados, por su saber y su recta conducta se vuelven fuente de pureza para los demás. Se describe que su sola presencia y su fidelidad al estudio sagrado y a la práctica ética santifican incluso a otros brahmanes sentados dentro del alcance de su mirada.
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.