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Shloka 60

एतान्‌ कीर्तयतां नित्य॑ दुःस्वप्नो नश्यते नृणाम्‌ मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्य: स्वस्तिमांश्व गृहान्‌ ब्रजेत्‌

etān kīrtayatāṁ nityaṁ duḥsvapno naśyate nṛṇām | mucyate sarvapāpebhyaḥ svastimānś ca gṛhān vrajet ||

Bhīṣma dit : Pour ceux qui récitent sans cesse les noms de ces divinités, les mauvais rêves s’évanouissent. Ils sont délivrés de tous les péchés et rentrent chez eux sains et saufs, dans le bien-être.

एतान्these (ones)
एतान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
कीर्तयताम्let (them) praise/recite
कीर्तयताम्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootकीर्तय् (√कीर्त् caus.)
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada, Imperative
नित्यम्always, daily
नित्यम्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
दुःस्वप्नःbad dream, nightmare
दुःस्वप्नः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदुःस्वप्न
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नश्यतेperishes, is destroyed
नश्यते:
TypeVerb
Root√नश्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
नृणाम्of men, of people
नृणाम्:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootनृ
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
मुच्यतेis released, becomes free
मुच्यते:
TypeVerb
Root√मुच्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
सर्वपापेभ्यःfrom all sins
सर्वपापेभ्यः:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वपाप
FormNeuter, Ablative, Plural
स्वस्तिमान्safe, auspicious, well
स्वस्तिमान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वस्तिमत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
गृहान्homes, houses
गृहान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगृह
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
ब्रजेत्would go, may go/return
ब्रजेत्:
TypeVerb
Root√व्रज्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Optative, Parasmaipada

भीष्म उवाच

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Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

Regular devotional recitation (kīrtana) of the named deities is presented as a dharmic practice that removes inauspiciousness (nightmares), purifies moral fault (pāpa), and grants safe, auspicious return—linking inner purity with outer well-being.

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs on dharma and religious observances. Here he states the fruit (phalaśruti) of daily praising/reciting the previously mentioned deities: nightmares cease, sins are removed, and the practitioner returns home safely.