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Shloka 73

आचारप्रशंसा

Praise of Ācāra as the Basis of Longevity, Fame, and Prosperity

Devanagari script

उच्छिष्टो यः प्राद्रवति स्वाध्यायं चाधिगच्छति । यश्चानध्यायकाले5पि मोहादभ्यस्यति द्विज:

Transliteration

ucchiṣṭo yaḥ prādravati svādhyāyaṃ cādhigacchati | yaścānadhyāya-kāle 'pi mohād abhyasyati dvijaḥ ||

Translation

Orang yang dalam keadaan ucciṣṭa bergegas ke sana kemari lalu melakukan swādhyāya, dan seorang dvija yang karena delusi tetap belajar pada masa anadhyāya (waktu terlarang untuk resitasi)—

Word by Word

उच्छिष्टःwith leftover food in the mouth; unclean (after eating)

यःwho

प्राद्रवतिruns forth; rushes

स्वाध्यायम्Vedic study; recitation

चand

अधिगच्छतिundertakes; engages in; studies

यःand who

चand

अनध्याय-कालेat the time of prohibited study (anadhyaya)

अपिeven; also

मोहात्out of delusion; through confusion

अभ्यस्यतिpractises; studies; recites repeatedly

द्विजःa twice-born (Brahmin etc.)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma (Bhīṣma)

Yama (Yamarāja)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Vedic study (svādhyāya) must be done with proper purity and at permitted times; studying with an impure mouth (ucchiṣṭa) or during an anadhyāya period is portrayed as a serious breach that destroys longevity and the fruit of learning.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma instructs by citing an old traditional account attributed to Yama: Yama warns that those who recite/study the Veda in impure or prohibited conditions incur grave consequences, so the wise should avoid svādhyāya at forbidden times.