Shloka 8

अत्रेः तपोबलप्रकाशः तथा च्यवनस्य सोमाधिकारः

Atri’s Illumination by Tapas; Cyavana and Soma-Entitlement

Devanagari script

इक्षुतैलपवित्राणां त्रिसंध्ये5प्सु निगनज्जनम्‌

Transliteration

ikṣu-taila-pavitrāṇāṁ tri-sandhye ’psu niganajjanam | gannā, tela aura kuśoṁkā pratigraha svīkāra karane para trikāla snāna karanā cāhiye | dhāna, phūla, phala, jala, pūā, jau-kī lapsī aura dahi-dūdhakā dāna lene para sau bāra gāyatrī-mantrakā japa karanā cāhiye ||

Translation

ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ആർക്കെങ്കിലും കരിമ്പ്, എണ്ണ, അല്ലെങ്കിൽ പവിത്രമായ കുശ (ദർഭ) പ്രതിഗ്രഹമായി സ്വീകരിക്കേണ്ടിവന്നാൽ, പ്രഭാതം, മധ്യാഹ്നം, സായാഹ്നം—മൂന്നു സന്ധികളിലും ജലത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്യണം. കൂടാതെ ധാന്യം, പുഷ്പം, ഫലം, ജലം, പിഷ്ടമയ വിഭവങ്ങൾ, യവകഞ്ഞി, തൈര് അല്ലെങ്കിൽ പാൽ എന്നിവ സ്വീകരിച്ചാൽ, ഗായത്രി (സാവിത്രി) മന്ത്രം നൂറു പ്രാവശ്യം ജപിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• इक्षु: of sugarcane
• इक्षु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इक्षु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तैल: of oil
• तैल: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तैल
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• पवित्राणाम्: of purificatory (items; e.g., kuśa/holy grass etc.)
• पवित्राणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवित्र
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• त्रिसन्ध्ये: at the three sandhyās (three times of day)
• त्रिसन्ध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिसन्ध्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अप्सु: in water
• अप्सु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

• निगनत्: one who is bathing/immersing (himself)
• निगनत्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-गम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular, Śatṛ (present active participle)

• जनम्: a person
• जनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Gāyatrī mantra
• water (for bathing)
• sugarcane (ikṣu)
• oil (taila)
• kuśa/darbha grass
• grain
• flowers
• fruits
• sweet cakes (pūā)
• barley porridge (lapsī)
• curd
• milk

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Receiving gifts is not morally neutral; it carries responsibility. Bhishma teaches that certain accepted items require compensatory purification—either bathing at the three sandhyās or reciting the Gāyatrī 100 times—so that one’s conduct, livelihood, and ritual integrity remain aligned with dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhishma is advising Yudhiṣṭhira about proper conduct, specifically the discipline and expiatory practices connected with accepting various kinds of gifts (pratigraha).