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Shloka 37

अनुशासनपर्व अध्याय ९३ — तपस्, सदोपवास, विघसाशन, अतिथिप्रियता

Austerity, regulated fasting, residual-eating, and hospitality

Devanagari script

ततो हि पावनात्पंक्त्या: पंक्तिपावन उच्यते । क्रोशादर्धतृतीयाच्च पावयेदेक एव हि

Transliteration

tato hi pāvanāt paṅktyāḥ paṅktipāvana ucyate | krośād ardhatṛtīyāc ca pāvayed eka eva hi ||

Translation

Bhīṣma dijo: «Por eso, porque purifica incluso toda una hilera (de comensales o parientes), se le llama “purificador de la hilera”. En verdad, una sola persona así puede purificar (a otros) desde tan lejos como un krośa, e incluso desde la mitad de un tercio (de esa distancia)».

Word by Word

ततःtherefore/then

हिindeed/for

पावनात्from (the fact of) purifying; from purification

पङ्क्त्याःfrom a row/line (of diners)

पङ्क्ति-पावनःpurifier of the row (pankti)

उच्यतेis called

क्रोशात्from a krośa (a measure of distance)

अर्ध-तृतीयात्from (a distance of) half of the third (krośa) i.e., two-and-a-half krośas

चand

पावयेत्would purify / should purify

एकःone (person)

एवalone/indeed

हिindeed

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

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?

A person of exceptional purity/merit is believed to sanctify not only himself but also a whole group associated with him; moral and ritual excellence is portrayed as radiating outward, benefiting others even at a distance.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhīṣma’s instruction on dharma, he explains why such a person is termed ‘paṅktipāvana’—one whose presence purifies an entire row/company—and emphasizes the extraordinary reach of that purifying influence.