Shloka 37
चित्रभानुमनड्वाहं देवं गोष्ठं चतुष्पथम् । ब्राह्मणं धार्मिकं वृद्ध ये कुर्वन्ति प्रदक्षिणम्
citrabhānum anaḍvāhaṃ devaṃ goṣṭhaṃ catuṣpatham | brāhmaṇaṃ dhārmikaṃ vṛddhaṃ ye kurvanti pradakṣiṇam ||
Bhishma bersabda: “Mereka yang, karena hormat, melakukan pradaksina—melewati sisi kanan—terhadap api suci (Citrabhanu), seekor banteng, para dewa, kandang sapi, perempatan jalan, seorang Brahmana, orang saleh, dan seorang lanjut usia, mereka disebut insan berbudi. Inilah dharma yang hidup sebagai tata krama penuh hormat.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is expressed through everyday reverence: one should honor sacred and socially sustaining beings/places—fire, cattle, deities, Brahmins, the righteous, and elders—by respectful right-sided passing/circumambulation, cultivating humility and protection of the vulnerable.
In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma instructs Yudhishthira on righteous conduct. Here he lists who should be treated with special respect in public movement and ritual etiquette, marking such behavior as a sign of a truly virtuous person.