Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 95 Shloka 2 - Mahabharata | Marathi | Vedapath

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Shloka 2

Devanagari script

ऋषयो धर्मनित्यास्तु कृत्वा निवपनान्युत । तर्पणं चाप्यकुर्वन्त तीर्थाम्भोभिययतव्रता:

Transliteration

ṛṣayo dharmanityāstu kṛtvā nivapanāny uta | tarpaṇaṃ cāpy akurvanta tīrthāmbhobhir yayatavratāḥ ||

Translation

धर्मनिष्ठ आणि नियमपूर्वक व्रत पाळणारे ऋषी प्रथम निवपन (पिंडदान) करून, नंतर तीर्थजलाने पितरांचे तर्पणही करीत।

Word by Word

ऋषयःsages

धर्मनित्याःever devoted to dharma

तुindeed/and (emphatic)

कृत्वाhaving done

निवपनानिofferings/oblations (piṇḍa-offerings)

उतand also

तर्पणम्libation/ritual satisfaction (tarpana)

चand

अपिalso

अकुर्वन्तthey did/used to do

तीर्थाम्भोभिःwith the water of sacred fords (tīrtha-water)

यतव्रताःof restrained vows / observing vows

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Ṛ

ṛṣayaḥ (sages)

pitaraḥ (ancestors)

tīrtha (sacred ford/pilgrimage place)

tīrthāmbhas (sacred water)

nivapana (ritual offering)

tarpaṇa (libation rite)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Steadfast dharma includes completing one’s obligations to the departed: after making the prescribed offerings (nivapana), one should also perform tarpaṇa with sacred water, showing disciplined, vow-governed continuity in ritual and ethical duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma describes the customary practice of ancient sages: they performed post-offering rites and then used tīrtha-water to offer tarpaṇa to the ancestors, presenting an exemplary model of dharma-centered conduct.