Shloka 10
Brāhmaṇa-pūjā and Namaskāra: Criteria of Reverence and Non-Offense (ब्राह्मणपूजा-नमस्कारविधिः)
तरक्षोश्ष्म दंष्टाश्न तथैव गिरिकच्छप: । आज्यधूमो बिडालश्नच्छाग: कृष्णोडथ पिड्ूल:
tarakṣoṣma-daṃṣṭrāśna tathāiva girikacchapaḥ | ājya-dhūmo biḍālāśna-cchāgaḥ kṛṣṇo 'tha piṇḍūlaḥ ||
ພີດສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: ໃນເຮືອນໃດທີ່ຮັກສາໄຟອັກນິໂຫຕຣະ (Agnihotra) ໃຫ້ລຸກໂຊດສະຫວ່າງຢູ່ເທື່ອງວັນເທື່ອງຄືນ, ມີໜັງຂອງເສືອນ້ອຍ (ປະເພດໄຮອີນາ/ສັດຄ້າຍໝາປ່າ) ພ້ອມຟັນຂອງມັນ ແລະ ເຕົ່າພູ; ມີຄວັນຫອມລອຍຂຶ້ນຈາກການບູຊາດ້ວຍນ້ຳມັນເນີຍ (ghee); ແລະມີແມວກັບແບ້ສີດຳ ຫຼື ສີເຫຼືອງນ້ຳຕານ—ເມື່ອສິ່ງເຫຼົ່ານີ້ຄົບຖ້ວນຢູ່ໃນເຮືອນຂອງຄົນຄອບຄົວ, ພວກອະສູຣກິນເນື້ອທີ່ອອກຫາກິນຕອນກາງຄືນອັນນ່າຢ້ານກໍຈະບໍ່ກ້າບຸກຮຸກເຮືອນນັ້ນ.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that steadfast maintenance of the Agnihotra and certain traditional protective observances are regarded as dharmic safeguards for a householder, creating a sanctified environment that repels harmful nocturnal forces.
Bhishma is instructing on household dharma, listing ritual signs and items associated with a properly maintained home—especially the ever-burning sacred fire and the smoke of ghee-offerings—and stating that such a home is not assailed by fearsome flesh-eating night-roamers.