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Shloka 9

अनुशासनपर्व अध्याय ९३ — तपस्, सदोपवास, विघसाशन, अतिथिप्रियता

Austerity, regulated fasting, residual-eating, and hospitality

पर्वकारश्न सूची च मित्रध्रुक्‌ पारदारिक: । अव्रतानामुपाध्याय: काण्डपृष्ठस्तथैव च

parvakāraś ca sūcī ca mitradhruk pāradārikaḥ | avratānām upādhyāyaḥ kāṇḍapṛṣṭhas tathaiva ca ||

ビーシュマは言った。「文書を作り出して弄ぶ者、密告者、友を裏切る者、他人の妻をたぶらかす者、誓戒と規律(ヴラタ)なき者どもを教える師、そして背後から打つ者——これらは卑しく、咎むべき行いとして知られるべきである。」

पर्वकारःone who makes/causes divisions (a splitter; schismatic)
पर्वकारः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वकार
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अश्नःa stone (one who is hard/stone-like; lit. 'stone')
अश्नः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअश्न
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सूचीa needle; (fig.) a pricker/slanderer
सूची:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसूची
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
मित्रध्रुक्betrayer of friends
मित्रध्रुक्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमित्रध्रुह्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पारदारिकःadulterer; one who goes to others' wives
पारदारिकः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपारदारिक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अव्रतानाम्of the unvowed; of those without discipline
अव्रतानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootअव्रत
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
उपाध्यायःteacher; preceptor
उपाध्यायः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootउपाध्याय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
काण्डपृष्ठःone who is 'on the back of a section'; a superficial reader/reciter (knowing only the outer part)
काण्डपृष्ठः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकाण्डपृष्ठ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तथाthus; likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
एवindeed; just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

The verse lists socially and morally condemned behaviors—betraying friends, adultery, informing for harm, deceitful fabrication, teaching the undisciplined for improper ends, and attacking from behind—highlighting that dharma requires loyalty, restraint, honesty, and straightforward conduct.

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma continues his instruction on dharma, enumerating types of people and actions considered ignoble, as part of a broader ethical discourse to guide righteous living.