Shloka 25
Brāhmaṇa-vandana: Criteria for Veneration, Disciplined Speech, and Protective Kingship (अनुशासनपर्व, अध्याय ८)
(दूरतो मातृवत् पूज्या विप्रदारा: सुरक्षया ।) सरल
dūrato mātṛvat pūjyā vipradārāḥ surakṣayā | tejasas tapasaś caiva nityaṃ bibhyed yudhiṣṭhira | ubhe caite parityājye tejaś caiva tapas tathā ||
भीष्म म्हणाले—“युधिष्ठिरा, ब्राह्मणांच्या पत्नींचे रक्षण करीत, मातेसमान मानून त्यांचे दूरूनच पूजन करावे. ब्राह्मणांचे तेज आणि तप यांविषयी सदैव आदरयुक्त भय ठेवावा; आणि त्यांच्या समोर आपल्या तेज-तपाचा अभिमान सोडून द्यावा. अशा पवित्र शक्तीपुढे श्रद्धा, संयम आणि नम्रता—हेच धर्मरूप आहे.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma teaches that sacred authority grounded in learning and austerity must be approached with humility and restraint. One should honor Brāhmaṇas and especially safeguard and respectfully revere their wives, while abandoning any ego about one’s own power or ascetic achievements.
In the Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on conduct (dharma). Here he emphasizes social and ethical discipline: reverence toward Brāhmaṇas, protective respect toward their wives, and an attitude of awe toward the spiritual potency (tejas, tapas) associated with ascetic life.