Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 96 Shloka 114 - Mahabharata | Japanese | Vedapath

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Shloka 114

Puṣkara-Śapatha Itihāsa (Agastya–Indra Dispute at the Tīrthas) | पुष्कर-शपथ-आख्यानम्

Devanagari script

अत्रि बोले--जो मृणालकी चोरी करता हो उसे गायको लात मारने, सूर्यकी ओर मुँह करके पेशाब करने और अनध्यायके समय अध्ययन करनेका पाप लगे ।।

Transliteration

Vasiṣṭha uvāca: anadhyāye paṭhel loke śunaḥ saḥ parikarṣatu | parivrāṭ kāmavṛttas tu bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ ||

Translation

ヴァシシュタは言った。「学びが禁じられた時に（ヴェーダを）学ぶ者は、世の人々の前で犬に引きずり回されるに等しいほどの重い過失を負う。さらに、遍歴の出家者でありながら気ままに欲望のまま生きる者も、ビサ（蓮の茎の繊維）を盗む罪を犯すのと同じである。」

Word by Word

अनध्यायेat the time of non-study (prohibited time)

पठेत्should read/recite

लोकेin the world / among people

शुनःof a dog (i.e., with a dog)

सःhe

परिकर्षतुlet him drag about / be dragged around

परिव्राट्a wandering mendicant (renunciant)

कामवृत्तःacting as he pleases / of self-willed conduct

तुbut/indeed

बिसस्तैन्यंtheft of lotus-stalks (mṛṇāla/bisa)

करोतिdoes/commits

यःwho (he who)

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vasiṣṭha

parivrāṭ (wandering renunciant)

dogs (śunaḥ)

bisa (lotus-stalk fibre)

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?

That dharma includes strict discipline in sacred learning and integrity in renunciation: studying the Veda at forbidden times (anadhyāya) and living as a desire-driven ‘renunciant’ are treated as serious moral violations, comparable to theft.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva’s didactic setting, Vasiṣṭha delivers a moral-legal judgment: he states the demerit attached to reciting during anadhyāya and condemns a wandering ascetic who behaves licentiously, declaring such conduct tantamount to stealing lotus-stalk fibres (bisa).