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Shloka 10

Jñāna-yoga and Karma-phala: Manu–Bṛhaspati on Akṣara and the Limits of Mantra

सायं प्रातर्मनुष्याणामशन वेदनिर्मितम्‌ । नान्तरा भोजन दृष्टमुपवासी तथा भवेत्‌

sāyaṃ prātar manuṣyāṇām aśanaṃ vedanirmitam | nāntarā bhojanaṃ dṛṣṭam upavāsī tathā bhavet ||

ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു—മനുഷ്യർക്കായി വേദം ഭക്ഷണത്തിന് രണ്ട് സമയങ്ങൾ മാത്രമേ നിശ്ചയിച്ചിട്ടുള്ളൂ: പ്രഭാതവും സായാഹ്നവും. ഇടയിൽ ഭക്ഷണം ചെയ്യാനുള്ള വിധി കാണുന്നില്ല. ഈ നിയമം പാലിക്കുന്നവൻ ഉപവാസിയെന്നു കണക്കാക്കപ്പെടുകയും ഉപവാസഫലം പ്രാപിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നു.

सायम्in the evening
सायम्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसायम्
Formindeclinable (time-adverb)
प्रातर्in the morning
प्रातर्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रातर्
Formindeclinable (time-adverb)
मनुष्याणाम्of humans/for men
मनुष्याणाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootमनुष्य
Formmasculine, genitive, plural
अशनम्eating/meal
अशनम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअशन
Formneuter, nominative, singular
वेदनिर्मितम्ordained/laid down by the Veda
वेदनिर्मितम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootवेद-निर्मित
Formneuter, nominative, singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
Formindeclinable (negation)
अन्तराin between
अन्तरा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्तरा
Formindeclinable (adverb/preposition)
भोजनम्eating/meal
भोजनम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभोजन
Formneuter, nominative, singular
दृष्टम्is seen/has been prescribed (seen as a rule)
दृष्टम्:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
Formpast passive participle, neuter, nominative, singular
उपवासीone who fasts
उपवासी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootउपवासिन्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
तथाthus/so
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
Formindeclinable (manner)
भवेत्would be/should be
भवेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
Formoptative (vidhilin), 3rd person, singular, parasmaipada

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
V
Veda

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches restraint in food: eating only at the two prescribed times (morning and evening) is a dharmic discipline, and avoiding meals in between is treated as equivalent in merit to fasting.

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and right conduct; here he lays down a rule of regulated eating grounded in Vedic authority, linking daily discipline with the spiritual fruit of upavāsa.