Shloka 30

अनुशासनपर्व अध्याय ९३ — तपस्, सदोपवास, विघसाशन, अतिथिप्रियता

Austerity, regulated fasting, residual-eating, and hospitality

Devanagari script

ये च पुण्येषु तीर्थेषु अभिषेककृतश्रमा: । मखेषु च समन्त्रेषु भवन्त्यवभूथप्लुता:

Transliteration

ye ca puṇyeṣu tīrtheṣu abhiṣekakṛtaśramāḥ | makheṣu ca samantrēṣu bhavanty avabhūthaplutāḥ ||

Translation

ଭୀଷ୍ମ କହିଲେ—ଯେମାନେ ପୁଣ୍ୟ ତୀର୍ଥରେ ଅଭିଷେକ-ସ୍ନାନ କରି ଶ୍ରମ କରନ୍ତି, ଏବଂ ମନ୍ତ୍ରସହିତ ଯଜ୍ଞରେ ଅବଭୃଥ-ସ୍ନାନଦ୍ୱାରା ଶୁଦ୍ଧ ହୁଅନ୍ତି—ସେମାନେ ମଧ୍ୟ ସେହି ପବିତ୍ର କର୍ମର ଶୁଦ୍ଧିକାରକ ଫଳ ପାଆନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• पुण्येषु: in holy (meritorious)
• पुण्येषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• तीर्थेषु: in pilgrimage-places
• तीर्थेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• अभिषेककृतश्रमा: whose fatigue is caused by (ritual) bathing/anointing
• अभिषेककृतश्रमा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभिषेक-कृत-श्रम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मखेषु: in sacrifices
• मखेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मख
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

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

• समन्त्रेषु: accompanied by mantras / with proper mantras
• समन्त्रेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समन्त्र
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• भवन्ति: are / become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• अवभूथप्लुता: having bathed in the avabhṛtha (final sacrificial bath)
• अवभूथप्लुता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवभृथ-प्लुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• tīrtha (holy pilgrimage places)
• makha/yajña (sacrifice)
• mantra
• avabhṛtha (concluding sacrificial bath)
• abhiṣeka (ritual ablution)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse affirms the dharmic value of purification through sanctioned rites—pilgrimage bathing (tīrtha-abhiṣeka) and the avabhṛtha bath concluding a properly mantra-accompanied sacrifice—highlighting disciplined religious practice as a source of puṇya.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma continues instructing on dharma by listing categories of people whose ritual actions are purifying and merit-producing: those who undertake strenuous ablutions at holy tīrthas and those who complete Vedic sacrifices and bathe in the avabhṛtha rite.