Shloka 376
अनुशासनपर्व अध्याय ९३ — तपस्, सदोपवास, विघसाशन, अतिथिप्रियता
Austerity, regulated fasting, residual-eating, and hospitality
ब्रह्म॒देयानुसंतान इति ब्रह्मविदो विदु: । पंक्तिको पवित्र करनेके कारण ही उन्हें पंक्ति-पावन कहा जाता है। ब्रह्मवादी पुरुषोंकी यह मान्यता है कि वेदकी शिक्षा देनेवाले एवं ब्रह्मज्ञानी पुरुषोंके वंशमें उत्पन्न हुआ ब्राह्मण अकेला ही साढ़े तीन कोसतकका स्थान पवित्र कर सकता है
brahmadeyānusantāna iti brahmavido viduḥ | paṅktiko pavitra karaṇe kāraṇād eva te paṅkti-pāvana ucyante | brahmavādī puruṣāṇāṃ eṣā manyatā yat vedasya śikṣā-dātā brahmajñānī-puruṣa-vaṃśe jāto brāhmaṇaḥ eka eva sārdha-tri-krośa-paryantaṃ deśaṃ pavitrīkartuṃ śaknoti |
ビーシュマは言った。「梵（ブラフマン）を知る者たちは、そのような系譜を『梵施（ブラフマ・デーヤ）の継続』と呼ぶ。彼らは同席して食する者の列全体を清めるゆえ、ゆえに『列を清める者（パンクティ・パーヴァナ）』と称される。梵を語る賢者たちの伝承によれば、ヴェーダを教える師と梵を知る者の家に生まれた一人のバラモンは、その存在だけで三クロ―シャ半に及ぶ地域を聖別し得るという。この一節は、学びと聖なる知の正しい伝承、そして成就した智慧が、社会に遠く及ぶ浄化の力をもたらすという倫理的理想を示している。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the ethical and spiritual power of Vedic instruction and Brahman-realization is socially transformative: a truly learned and realized Brahmin, rooted in a lineage of Veda-teachers and Brahman-knowers, is regarded as capable of purifying not only individuals (a dining row) but an entire surrounding region.
In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma continues instructing Yudhishthira on dharma. Here he explains traditional terms like “brahmadeya-anusantāna” and “paṅkti-pāvana,” and he reports the Brahmavādins’ doctrine about the far-reaching sanctifying influence attributed to a Brahmin from a lineage of Vedic teachers and Brahman-knowers.