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Shloka 40

प्रतिग्रहभेदः — The Distinction between Giving and Accepting

Vṛṣādarbhī–Saptarṣi Dialogue

Devanagari script

ग्राम्यवाराहमांसं च यच्चैवाप्रोक्षितं भवेत्‌ । कृष्णाजाजी विडश्चैव शीतपाकी तथैव च । अंकुराद्यास्तथा वर्ज्या इह शृंगाटकानि च

Transliteration

grāmyavārāhamāṁsaṁ ca yac caivāprokṣitaṁ bhavet | kṛṣṇājājī viḍaś caiva śītapākī tathaiva ca | aṅkurādyās tathā varjyā iha śṛṅgāṭakāni ca ||

Translation

ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു— “ഗ്രാമ്യ വരാഹമാംസം, കൂടാതെ പ്രോക്ഷണം (ശുദ്ധീകരണ ഛടനം) ചെയ്യാത്ത ആഹാരം— ഇവ ഒഴിവാക്കണം. അതുപോലെ കൃഷ്ണാജാജീ, വിഡ, ശീതപാകീ എന്നിവയും വర్జ്യം; കൂടാതെ മുളപ്പിച്ചവ പോലുള്ളവയും ഇവിടെ ശൃംഗാടക (വാട്ടർ-ചെസ്റ്റ്നട്ട്)വും ത്യാജ്യം.”

Word by Word

ग्राम्यdomestic/village-bred

वाराहboar (pertaining to boar)

मांसम्meat

चand

यत्whatever/that which

चand

एवindeed/just

अप्रोक्षितम्unsprinkled (not ritually sprinkled/cleansed)

भवेत्may be/should be

कृष्णाजाजीblack cumin (a spice; Nigella/related)

विडःa kind of food/condiment (vid)

चand

एवalso/indeed

शीतपाकीcold-cooked/cooked without fire

तथाthus/likewise

एवalso/indeed

चand

अंकुराद्याःsprouts and the like

तथाlikewise

वर्ज्याःto be avoided

इहhere (in this context/observance)

शृंगाटकानिwater-chestnuts (śṛṅgāṭaka)

चand

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

village boar’s flesh (grāmyavārāhamāṁsa)

unpurified/unsprinkled food (āprokṣita)

kṛṣṇājājī

viḍa

śītapākī

sprouts (aṅkura)

water-chestnuts (śṛṅgāṭaka)

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?

The verse lays down a rule of disciplined conduct (ācāra) concerning food: certain meats and specific items, as well as food lacking ritual purification (sprinkling), are to be avoided. The ethical emphasis is on purity, restraint, and adherence to prescribed standards of living.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and proper conduct. Here he is enumerating particular food items regarded as unsuitable within the discussed regimen, continuing a broader set of prescriptive guidelines.