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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 dit : «Ainsi, parce qu’il purifie même toute une rangée (de convives ou de parents), on l’appelle “le purificateur de la rangée”. En vérité, un seul homme de cette sorte peut purifier (les autres) d’aussi loin qu’un krośa, et même depuis la moitié d’un tiers (de cette distance)».

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.