Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 26 Shloka 39 - Mahabharata | Lao | Vedapath

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Shloka 39

तीर्थवंशोपदेशः

Tīrtha-vaṃśa Upadeśa: Instruction on the Fruits of Sacred Waters

Devanagari script

जातकर्मादिका: सर्वास्त्रिषु वर्णेषु भारत । ब्र्मक्षत्रे हि मन्त्रोक्ता वैश्यस्य च युधिष्ठिर

Transliteration

jātakarmādikāḥ sarvāstrīṣu varṇeṣu bhārata | brahmakṣatre hi mantroktā vaiśyasya ca yudhiṣṭhira ||

Translation

ພີດສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ຢຸທິສຖິຣະ ຜູ້ສືບສາຍພະຣະຕະ! ໃນສາມວັນນະຂອງຜູ້ເປັນທະວິຊະ (twice-born) ມີການບັນຍັດພິທີສັງສະການທັງປວງ ເລີ່ມແຕ່ພິທີເກີດ (jātakarma) ເປັນຕົ້ນ. ສໍາລັບພຣາຫມັນ ແລະ ກະສັດຕຣິຍ ແລະສໍາລັບໄວສະຍະດ້ວຍ ພິທີເຫຼົ່ານີ້ຄວນກະທໍາພ້ອມການສວດມັນຕຣາແຫ່ງເວດ»។

Word by Word

जातकर्मादिकाःthe rites beginning with the birth-rite (jātakarma) etc.

सर्वाःall

त्रिषुin three

वर्णेषुin the varṇas (social classes)

भारतO Bhārata

ब्राह्मक्षत्रेin the brāhmaṇa and kṣatriya (classes)

हिindeed/for

मन्त्रोक्ताःaccompanied by (Vedic) mantras / prescribed with mantras

वैश्यस्यof the vaiśya

चand

युधिष्ठिरO Yudhiṣṭhira

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Yudhishthira

Bharata (dynastic epithet)

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?

Bhishma teaches that the classical life-cycle sacraments (saṃskāras), starting with jātakarma, are prescribed for the three twice-born varṇas—Brahmin, Kshatriya, and Vaishya—and that these rites should be performed with Vedic mantra-recitation, emphasizing ritual propriety as part of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anushasana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhishma continues advising King Yudhishthira about duties and norms. Here he specifies who is entitled/obligated to perform the saṃskāras and how—namely, with mantras—for the three varṇas he lists.