Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 144 Shloka 14 - Mahabharata | Oriya | Vedapath

Vyasa

←Previous VerseNext Verse→

Shloka 14

ब्राह्मणपूजायां व्युष्टिः — Vyuṣṭi (Merit-Outcome) of Honoring Brāhmaṇas: Kṛṣṇa and Durvāsā

Devanagari script

हरितेषु सुवर्णेषु बर्हिष्केषु नवेषु च । उपोपविविशु: प्रीता विष्टरेषु महर्षय:

Transliteration

hariteṣu suvarṇeṣu barhiṣkeṣu naveṣu ca | upopaviviśuḥ prītā viṣṭareṣu maharṣayaḥ ||

Translation

ହୃଦୟରେ ଆନନ୍ଦ ଧରି ମହର୍ଷିମାନେ ହରିତ ଓ ସୁବର୍ଣ୍ଣବର୍ଣ୍ଣ, ପବିତ୍ର କୁଶଘାସରେ ନିର୍ମିତ ନବୀନ ଆସନଯୁକ୍ତ ବିଷ୍ଟର ଉପରେ ଶାନ୍ତ ଓ ସୁସଂଗଠିତ ଭାବରେ ଉପବିଷ୍ଟ ହେଲେ; ଯଜ୍ଞକ୍ରିୟା ଓ ପରବର୍ତ୍ତୀ ଧର୍ମକଥା ପାଇଁ ସେମାନେ ପ୍ରସ୍ତୁତ ହେଲେ।

Word by Word

हरितेषुin/among the green (ones)

सुवर्णेषुin/among the golden (ones)

बर्हिष्केषुin/among those having sacred grass (barhis) / grass-covered

नवेषुin/among the new (ones)

चand

उपोपविविशुःsat down near / took their seats

प्रीताःpleased, delighted

विष्टरेषुon seats/couches

महर्षयःthe great sages

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Maharshis (great sages)

Viṣṭara (seats/spreads)

Barhis/Kuśa grass (ritual grass)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the dharmic ideal of preparing a pure, orderly, and respectful setting—using sanctified materials like kuśa grass—before engaging in sacred rites or ethical instruction; inner joy (prīti) and outer propriety support right conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

As Bhishma narrates, the great sages, pleased and composed, take their seats on fresh, kuśa-grass ritual spreads—green and golden—signaling the commencement of a formal, sacred discussion or observance.