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 dit : Ceux qui sont versés dans les bhāṣya (commentaires d’autorité), ceux qui se consacrent à la grammaire (vyākaraṇa), et ceux qui étudient les Purāṇa ainsi que les Dharmaśāstra : de tels brahmanes, disciplinés et accomplis, par leur science et leur juste conduite deviennent une source de pureté pour autrui. Leur présence même, et leur fidélité à l’étude sacrée et à la pratique morale, sont dites sanctifier jusqu’aux autres brahmanes assis dans le champ de leur regard.
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.