Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 61
Devanagari script
दीक्षाकालेषु सर्वेषु यः पठेन्नियतो द्विज: । न्यायवानात्मनिरत: क्षान्तो दान्तोडनसूयक:
Transliteration
dīkṣākāleṣu sarveṣu yaḥ paṭhennīyato dvijaḥ | nyāyavān ātmanirataḥ kṣānto dānto 'nasūyakaḥ ||
Translation
जो द्विज दीक्षा के सभी अवसरों पर नियमपूर्वक इन नामों का पाठ करता है, वह न्यायशील, आत्मनिष्ठ, क्षमावान, जितेन्द्रिय तथा दोष-दृष्टि से रहित होता है।
Word by Word
दीक्षा-कालेषुat the times of initiation
दीक्षा-कालेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootदीक्षाकाल
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
सर्वेषुin all
सर्वेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Plural
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पठेत्should recite
पठेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootपठ्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular
नियतःdisciplined, restrained
नियतः:
TypeAdjective
Rootनियत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
द्विजःa twice-born (brahmin etc.)
द्विजः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
न्याय-वान्just, righteous
न्याय-वान्:
TypeAdjective
Rootन्यायवत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
आत्म-निरतःdevoted to the self (self-absorbed/intent on self-discipline)
आत्म-निरतः:
TypeAdjective
Rootआत्मनिरत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
क्षान्तःpatient, forgiving
क्षान्तः:
TypeAdjective
Rootक्षान्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दान्तःself-controlled
दान्तः:
TypeAdjective
Rootदान्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अनसूयकःfree from envy/carping
अनसूयकः:
TypeAdjective
Rootअनसूयक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Disciplined recitation at sacred vow-occasions is presented as a means to cultivate dharmic character—justice, inner steadiness, patience, self-control, and freedom from envy or fault-finding.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction on dharma (Anuśāsana Parva), he describes the moral and psychological qualities that arise for a regulated dvija who recites the prescribed names during times of dīkṣā and ritual observance.