Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 37
चित्रभानुमनड्वाहं देवं गोष्ठं चतुष्पथम् । ब्राह्मणं धार्मिकं वृद्ध ये कुर्वन्ति प्रदक्षिणम्
citrabhānum anaḍvāhaṃ devaṃ goṣṭhaṃ catuṣpatham | brāhmaṇaṃ dhārmikaṃ vṛddhaṃ ye kurvanti pradakṣiṇam ||
ພີດສະມະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ຜູ້ໃດດ້ວຍຄວາມເຄົາລົບ ກະທຳປະທັກສິນາ (ເວັ້ນໃຫ້ຢູ່ຂ້າງຂວາ) ແກ່ໄຟສັກສິດ, ງົວຜູ້, ເທວະ, ຄອກງົວ, ສີ່ແຍກ, ພຣາຫມັນ, ຜູ້ມີທຳມະ, ແລະຜູ້ເຖົ້າ—ຜູ້ນັ້ນຖືກນັບເປັນຄົນດີ. ຄຳສອນນີ້ຊີ້ວ່າ ທຳມະແມ່ນມາລະຍາດທີ່ດຳລົງຢູ່: ການນອບນ້ອມແລະປົກປ້ອງສິ່ງທີ່ຫຼ້ຽງຊີວິດສັງຄົມ ແລະຊີວິດທາງຈິດວິນຍານ»។
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is expressed through everyday reverence: one should honor sacred and socially sustaining beings/places—fire, cattle, deities, Brahmins, the righteous, and elders—by respectful right-sided passing/circumambulation, cultivating humility and protection of the vulnerable.
In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma instructs Yudhishthira on righteous conduct. Here he lists who should be treated with special respect in public movement and ritual etiquette, marking such behavior as a sign of a truly virtuous person.