Shloka 110

Devanagari script

सदा द्वादशमासांस्तु नियतो नियताशन: । जितेन्द्रियो वीतरागो जुह्मानो जातवेदसम्‌

Transliteration

sadā dvādaśa-māsāṁs tu niyato niyatāśanaḥ | jitendriyo vītarāgo juhmāno jātavedasam ||

Translation

ພີດສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ຕະຫຼອດ 12 ເດືອນ ເຂົາດຳລົງຊີວິດຢ່າງມີວິໄນ ກິນອາຫານພອດປະມານ ຊະນະອິນທຣີ ແລະປອດຈາກຄວາມຍຶດຕິດ ຖວາຍອາຫຸຕິແກ່ຊາຕະເວດະສະ (ອັກນິ) ທຸກມື້. ຜູ້ມີຄຸນທຳນັ້ນ ຈະໄດ້ຮັບການນັບຖືຈາກນາງອັບສະຣາ ແລະໄປສູ່ໂລກຂອງຫມູ່ມາຣຸດ ແລະຂອງວະສຸ 8 ອົງ. ຄຳສອນນີ້ຍົກຍ້ອງການອົດກັ້ນຢ່າງຍາວນານ ການດຳລົງຊີວິດຢ່າງມີລະບຽບ ແລະການປະຕິບັດໜ້າທີ່ບູຊາຢ່າງສັດຊື່ ເປັນເສັ້ນທາງໄປສູ່ຜົນຕອບແທນອັນສູງສົ່ງ.»

Word by Word

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• द्वादश: twelve
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश
• Form: Gender: (agrees with मासान्) Masculine; Case: Accusative; Number: Plural

• मासान्: months
• मासान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास
• Form: Gender: Masculine; Case: Accusative; Number: Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• नियतः: disciplined, restrained
• नियतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नियत
• Form: Gender: Masculine; Case: Nominative; Number: Singular

• नियताशनः: regulated in food (moderate-eating)
• नियताशनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नियत-आशन
• Form: Gender: Masculine; Case: Nominative; Number: Singular

• जितेन्द्रियः: having conquered the senses
• जितेन्द्रियः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित-इन्द्रिय
• Form: Gender: Masculine; Case: Nominative; Number: Singular

• वीतरागः: free from attachment
• वीतरागः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीत-राग
• Form: Gender: Masculine; Case: Nominative; Number: Singular

• जुह्मानः: offering (as oblation)
• जुह्मानः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (जुहोति) → जुह्मान
• Form: Present active participle; Gender: Masculine; Case: Nominative; Number: Singular

• जातवेदसम्: Jātavedas (Agni)
• जातवेदसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जातवेदस्
• Form: Gender: Masculine; Case: Accusative; Number: Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Agni (Jātavedas)
• Apsarases
• Maruts
• Vasus

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Sustained discipline—regulated diet, mastery of the senses, freedom from attachment, and daily fire-offerings—constitutes a powerful dharmic practice that yields elevated spiritual results. The verse links inner restraint (jitendriya, vītarāga) with outer ritual fidelity (homa to Agni).

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs on dharma and the fruits of vows and austerities. Here he describes the merit of a year-long regulated observance with daily offerings to Agni, stating that such a practitioner is honoured by celestial beings and attains the worlds associated with the Maruts and the eight Vasus.