Shloka 68

Devanagari script

शान्तिपर्वण्यपि तथा हविष्यं भोजयेद्‌ द्विजान्‌

Transliteration

śāntiparvaṇy api tathā haviṣyaṁ bhojayed dvijān

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Likewise, even in the Śānti-parvan context, one should feed the twice-born with the sacred oblation (haviṣya).” The line underscores the ethical ideal that ritual purity and respectful hospitality to learned Brahmins remain a continuing duty, especially in rites connected with peace, expiation, and the restoration of order.

Word by Word

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Śānti-parvan
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• तथा: thus/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• हविष्यम्: havis; sacrificial food/oblation
• हविष्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविष्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भोजयेत्: should feed/should cause to eat
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Parasmaipada (causative), Third, Singular

• द्विजान्: Brahmins (twice-born)
• द्विजान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Śānti-parvan
• dvija (twice-born, especially Brahmins)
• haviṣya (sacred oblation/ritual food)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That dharmic conduct includes sustaining the learned and initiated through ritually pure hospitality—feeding dvijas with haviṣya—especially in contexts of pacification, expiation, and the re-establishment of peace.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues a prescriptive description of proper religious conduct, stating that, similarly, in the Śānti-parvan-related setting one should offer sanctified food (haviṣya) to dvijas as part of righteous observance.