Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 93 Shloka 28 - Mahabharata | Malayalam | Vedapath

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Shloka 28

अनुशासनपर्व अध्याय ९३ — तपस्, सदोपवास, विघसाशन, अतिथिप्रियता

Austerity, regulated fasting, residual-eating, and hospitality

Devanagari script

ऋतुकालाभिगामी च धर्मपत्नीषु यः सदा । वेदविद्याव्रतस्नातो विप्र: पंक्ति पुनात्युत

Transliteration

ṛtukālābhigāmī ca dharmapatnīṣu yaḥ sadā | vedavidyāvratasnāto vipraḥ paṅktiṃ punāty uta ||

Translation

ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു—യാൾ എപ്പോഴും തന്റെ ധർമ്മപത്നിമാരോടേ മാത്രം, അതും ഋതുകാലത്തിൽ മാത്രമേ സമീപിക്കുകയുള്ളൂ; കൂടാതെ വേദവിദ്യയുടെ വ്രതം പൂർത്തിയാക്കി സ്നാതകനായിരിക്കുന്ന വിപ്രൻ—അവൻ ബ്രാഹ്മണപംക്തിയെ തന്നെ പവിത്രമാക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

ऋतुकालाभिगामीone who approaches (his wife) in the proper season

चand

धर्मपत्नीषुin/with (his) lawful wives

यःwho

सदाalways

वेदविद्याव्रतस्नातःhaving completed the vow/discipline of Veda-study and learning (i.e., a स्नातक)

विप्रःa brahmin

पङ्क्तिम्the row/line (of brahmins, e.g., at a भोज्य-श्राद्ध)

पुनातिpurifies

उतindeed/also

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

vipra (brahmin)

dharmapatnī (lawful wives)

Veda

paṅkti (brahmin dining line)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A person’s purity is grounded in disciplined conduct: fidelity to lawful wives, restraint by observing the proper season, and completion of Vedic learning and vows. Such integrity is portrayed as socially contagious—capable of purifying the wider community.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma (Anushasana Parva), he describes qualities of an exemplary brahmin. Here he states that a brahmin who practices regulated marital conduct and has completed Vedic study is so pure that he sanctifies the entire dining row of brahmins.