Shloka 92

Devanagari script

पिप्पलं च वर्ट चैव शणशाकं तथैव च । उदुम्बरं न खादेच्च भवार्थी पुरुषोत्तम:,अपना कल्याण चाहनेवाले श्रेष्ठ पुरुषको पीपल, बड़ और गूलरके फलका तथा सनके सागका सेवन नहीं करना चाहिये

Transliteration

pippalaṃ ca vaṭaṃ caiva śaṇaśākaṃ tathaiva ca | udumbaraṃ na khādec ca bhavārthī puruṣottamaḥ ||

Translation

ဘိဿမက မိန့်တော်မူသည်– “အို လူတို့အထဲမှ အမြတ်ဆုံး၊ ကိုယ်၏ ကောင်းကျိုးနှင့် ဓမ္မဘက်ဆိုင်ရာ အကျိုးကို ရှာဖွေသူသည် ပိပ္ပလ (သန့်ရှင်းသဖွယ် သဖန်း)၊ ဝဋ (ဘန်ယန်) နှင့် ဥဒုမ္ဗရ (အုပ်စုသဖွယ် သဖန်း) တို့၏ အသီးကို မစားသင့်၊ ထို့အတူ သဏရှာက (ဖလက်စ်/သဏ၏ အရွက်ဟင်း) ကိုလည်း ရှောင်ကြဉ်သင့်သည်။”

Word by Word

• पिप्पलं: pippala (sacred fig) fruit/tree (as food item)
• पिप्पलं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिप्पल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वटं: banyan (as food item/fruit)
• वटं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वट
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• शणशाकं: vegetable/greens of flax/hemp (śaṇa)
• शणशाकं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शणशाक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तथा: likewise/so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• उदुम्बरं: udumbara (cluster fig/gular) (as food item/fruit)
• उदुम्बरं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदुम्बर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• खादेत्: should eat
• Type: Verb
• Root: खाद्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भवार्थी: one desiring welfare/prosperity (his own good)
• भवार्थी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भवार्थिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुरुषोत्तमः: best of men (O excellent man)
• पुरुषोत्तमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषोत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• pippala (sacred fig tree)
• vaṭa (banyan tree)
• udumbara (cluster fig tree)
• śaṇa (flax/linseed plant)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches disciplined restraint in diet as part of dharma: a person seeking true welfare (bhavārthī) should avoid certain foods—specified fruits and greens—implying that ethical-spiritual well-being is supported by regulated consumption.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma is instructing the listener (addressed as puruṣottama, “best of men”) on codes of conduct. Here he gives a specific dietary injunction, listing items to be avoided by one intent on personal and spiritual good.