Shloka 13

अनुशासनपर्व अध्याय ९३ — तपस्, सदोपवास, विघसाशन, अतिथिप्रियता

Austerity, regulated fasting, residual-eating, and hospitality

Devanagari script

सोमविक्रयिणे विष्ठा भिषजे पूयशोणितम्‌

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | somavikrayiṇe viṣṭhā bhiṣaje pūyaśoṇitam |

Translation

ພີສະມະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ອາຫານທີ່ຖວາຍໃນ śrāddha ເມື່ອໃຫ້ແກ່ຜູ້ຂາຍໂສມະ (soma) ຈະເປັນດັ່ງອຸຈາລະສຳລັບພິຕຣະ (Pitṛs). ເມື່ອໃຫ້ແກ່ແພດ ມັນກາຍເປັນດັ່ງໜອງແລະເລືອດ—ບໍ່ຄວນໃຫ້ບັນພະບຸລຸດຮັບ. ທຳນອງດຽວກັນ ທານ śrāddha ທີ່ໃຫ້ແກ່ຜູ້ຫາຊີວິດດ້ວຍການບູຊາໃນວັດເທວະດາ ຖືກກ່າວວ່າສູນເປົ່າ ບໍ່ໃຫ້ຜົນ. ອາຫານທີ່ໃຫ້ແກ່ຜູ້ປ່ອຍກູ້ດອກເບ້ຍ ບໍ່ໝັ້ນຄົງ. ແລະສິ່ງໃດທີ່ໃຫ້ໃນ śrāddha ແກ່ພໍ່ຄ້າ ບໍ່ເກີດປະໂຫຍດທັງໃນໂລກນີ້ ແລະໂລກໜ້າ»។

Word by Word

• सोमविक्रयिणे: to the seller of soma
• सोमविक्रयिणे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमविक्रयिन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• विष्ठा: feces/excrement
• विष्ठा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्ठा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भिषजे: to a physician
• भिषजे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भिषज्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• पूयशोणितम्: pus and blood
• पूयशोणितम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूयशोणित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma (Bhīṣma)
• Pitrs (Pitṛs)
• Soma
• Physician (Bhiṣaj)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Śrāddha offerings are not merely about giving food; the recipient’s suitability (as defined by dharma-text norms) affects the spiritual efficacy. Bhishma uses stark metaphors to warn that giving śrāddha-food to certain livelihoods is treated as ritually unfit and fruitless for the ancestors.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction section, Bhishma is teaching Yudhiṣṭhira about dharma, specifically rules and cautions regarding śrāddha and charitable gifts. This verse lists categories of recipients considered improper for śrāddha, emphasizing consequences for the rite’s intended benefit to the Pitṛs.