Shloka 7

Kṣātra-dharma as the Public Foundation of Dharma (क्षात्रधर्म-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

तस्माद्‌ धर्मो विहितो ब्राह्मणस्य दम: शौचमार्जवं चापि राजन्‌ । तथा विप्रस्याश्रमा: सर्व एव पुरा राजन्‌ ब्राह्मणा वै निसृष्टा:

Transliteration

tasmād dharmo vihito brāhmaṇasya damaḥ śaucaṃ ārjavaṃ cāpi rājan | tathā viprasyāśramāḥ sarva eva purā rājan brāhmaṇā vai nisṛṣṭāḥ |

Translation

ထို့ကြောင့် အို မင်းကြီး၊ ဗြာဟ္မဏအတွက် သတ်မှတ်ထားသော ဓမ္မမှာ အင်္ဒြိယသမံ (ဒမ)၊ အပြင်အတွင်း သန့်ရှင်းမှု (ရှောစ) နှင့် ဖြောင့်မတ်ရိုးသားမှု (အာရ္ဇဝ) တို့ဖြစ်သည်။ ထို့ပြင် အို မင်းကြီး၊ အာရှရမ (āśrama) အဆင့်အတန်းအားလုံးသည် ဗြာဟ္မဏအတွက်ပင် ဖြစ်ကြသည်ဟု ဆိုကြ၏၊ အကြောင်းမှာ ရှေးကာလ၌ ဗြာဟ္မဏတို့ကို ပထမဦးစွာ ဖန်ဆင်းခဲ့သည်ဟု ဆိုကြသောကြောင့်ပင်။

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• धर्मः: duty/dharma
• धर्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विहितः: prescribed/ordained
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-धा
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular, passive/resultative

• ब्राह्मणस्य: of the Brahmin
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• दमः: self-control (sense-restraint)
• दमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शौचम्: purity/cleanliness
• शौचम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शौच
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• आर्जवम्: straightforwardness/simplicity
• आर्जवम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आर्जव
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

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

• विप्रस्य: of the Brahmin (vipra)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• आश्रमाः: stages of life/āśramas
• आश्रमाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• पुरा: formerly/at first
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणाः: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वै: indeed/verily
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• निसृष्टाः: created/produced
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√सृज्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural, passive/resultative

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• rājan (the king, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira as addressee)
• brāhmaṇa
• vipra
• āśrama

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhīṣma defines the brāhmaṇa’s dharma as disciplined self-restraint (dama), purity (śauca), and straightforward integrity (ārjava), presenting these as foundational virtues that sustain righteous conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction to the king (Yudhiṣṭhira), Bhīṣma continues his discourse on social and ethical order, explaining the prescribed qualities and life-framework (āśramas) associated with the brāhmaṇa.