Shloka 4
भीष्म उवाच अयं दैवतवंशो वै ऋषिवंशसमन्वित: । त्रिसंध्यं पठित: पुत्र कल्मषापहर: पर:
bhīṣma uvāca: ayaṃ daivatavaṃśo vai ṛṣivaṃśa-samanvitaḥ | tri-saṃdhyaṃ paṭhitaḥ putra kalmaṣāpaharaḥ paraḥ ||
Bhīṣma dit : «Mon fils, voici la lignée des dieux, jointe à la lignée des ṛṣis. Lorsqu’on la récite aux trois jonctions du jour (matin, midi et soir), elle devient le suprême effaceur de souillure. Par ce souvenir discipliné, on est lavé des fautes—commises sciemment ou à son insu—et l’on demeure continuellement pur.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma teaches that disciplined daily recitation—specifically at the three sandhyā times—of sacred genealogical lists of gods and sages functions as a powerful means of inner purification, removing moral and ritual defilement (kalmaṣa) and supporting steady ethical clarity.
In the Anushasana Parva’s instruction section, Bhishma addresses the listener as “son” and recommends a concrete practice: reciting the combined divine and seer lineages three times daily, presenting it as an authoritative dharmic method for cleansing sins and maintaining purity.