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Shloka 6

मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity

यस्तु कल्यं तथा सायं भुञज्जानो नान्तरा पिबेत्‌,जो सबेरे और शामको ही भोजन करता है, बीचमें जलतक नहीं पीता तथा अहिंसापरायण होकर नित्य अग्निहोत्र करता है, उसे छ: वर्षोमें ही सिद्धि प्राप्त हो जाती है --इसमें संशय नहीं है

bhīṣma uvāca | yastu kalyaṃ tathā sāyaṃ bhuñjāno nāntarā pibet, ahiṃsāparāyaṇaḥ san nityam agnihotraṃ juhuyāt, tasya ṣaḍbhir varṣaiḥ siddhiḥ prāpyate—atra na saṃśayaḥ |

ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു—പ്രഭാതത്തിലും സായാഹ്നത്തിലും മാത്രം ഭക്ഷണം കഴിച്ച്, ഇടയിൽ വെള്ളം പോലും കുടിക്കാതെ, അഹിംസയിൽ സ്ഥിരനായി നിത്യ അഗ്നിഹോത്രം അനുഷ്ഠിക്കുന്നവൻ ആറു വർഷത്തിനുള്ളിൽ തന്നെ സിദ്ധി പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു—ഇതിൽ സംശയമില്ല।

यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
कल्यम्in the morning
कल्यम्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकल्य
तथाand likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
सायम्in the evening
सायम्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसाय
भुञ्जानःeating
भुञ्जानः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootभुज्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अन्तराin between
अन्तरा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्तरा
पिबेत्should drink
पिबेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootपा
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
A
Agnihotra (Vedic fire-rite)
W
water

Educational Q&A

Strict regulation of food and drink, combined with unwavering non-violence and daily Agnihotra, is presented as a powerful dharmic discipline that quickly yields spiritual accomplishment.

In the Anushasana Parva, Bhishma continues instructing on dharma and vows; here he describes a specific regimen—eating only morning and evening, abstaining from drinking between, practicing ahimsa, and maintaining the daily fire-offering—and declares its assured result.