Shloka 83
Adhyāya 208: Aṅgirasī-kanyāḥ
Enumeration of Aṅgiras’ daughters and attribute-names
Devanagari script
धारणं चापि विद्यानां तीर्थानामवगाहनम्
Transliteration
dhāraṇaṃ cāpi vidyānāṃ tīrthānām avagāhanam
Translation
विद्यांचे धारण (स्थिर अभ्यास) आणि तीर्थांमध्ये अवगाहन (पवित्र स्नान/डुबकी)—हेही करावे.
Word by Word
धारणम्holding, retention
धारणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधारण (धृ-धातु से कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अपिalso, even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
विद्यानाम्of knowledges/branches of learning
विद्यानाम्:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootविद्या
FormFeminine, Genitive, Plural
तीर्थानाम्of sacred places (tirthas)
तीर्थानाम्:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
अवगाहनम्bathing/immersion (in), entering
अवगाहनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअवगाहन (अव-गाह् धातु से कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
Speaker
व्याध उवाच
Characters & Entities
व
व्याध (the hunter; speaker)व
विद्या (learning/knowledge)त
तीर्थ (sacred ford/pilgrimage place)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
True dharma includes both inner discipline—retaining and living one’s learning—and outer disciplines such as tīrtha-bathing undertaken with reverence as a means of purification.
In the Vana Parva dialogue where the hunter (Vyādha) instructs a seeker on dharma, he lists practices that support righteous living, here emphasizing learning held firmly in conduct and the purificatory value of pilgrimage rites.