Shloka 25

राज्ञोऽभिषेकः, अराजकदोषः, दण्डधारणस्य आवश्यकता

Royal Consecration, the Fault of Kinglessness, and the Necessity of Enforcement

Devanagari script

आश्रमस्थानि भूतानि यस्तु वेश्मनि भारत । आददीतेह भोज्येन तद्‌ गार्हस्थ्यं युधिष्ठिर

Transliteration

āśramasthāni bhūtāni yastu veśmani bhārata | ādadīteha bhojyena tad gārhasthyaṁ yudhiṣṭhira ||

Translation

ଭୀଷ୍ମ କହିଲେ—ହେ ଭାରତ, ଯୁଧିଷ୍ଠିର! ଯେ ପୁରୁଷ ବିଭିନ୍ନ ଆଶ୍ରମରେ ଥିବା ଲୋକମାନଙ୍କୁ ନିଜ ଘରେ ରଖି, ଭୋଜନ ଆଦି ଦ୍ୱାରା ଆତିଥ୍ୟ-ସତ୍କାର କରେ, ତାହାହିଁ ତାଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ଗାର୍ହସ୍ଥ୍ୟଧର୍ମର ସତ୍ୟ ଆଚରଣ।

Word by Word

• आश्रमस्थानि: those situated in (various) āśramas
• आश्रमस्थानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रमस्थान
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• भूतानि: beings, creatures
• भूतानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• वेश्मनि: in (his) house
• वेश्मनि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेश्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भारत: O Bhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• आददीते: receives, takes in (as a guest)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-दा
• Form: Present, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• इह: here
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• भोज्येन: with food (to be eaten)
• भोज्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोज्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• तत्: that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• गार्हस्थ्यम्: the householder-state/duty
• Type: Noun
• Root: गार्हस्थ्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भरतनन्दन: O delight of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतनन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Bhārata (epithet of Yudhiṣṭhira)
• āśramas (four life-stages/orders)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The essence of gārhasthya-dharma is active hospitality: a householder fulfills dharma by welcoming and feeding those who live by the disciplines of the āśramas (students, forest-dwellers, renunciants, and householders), treating them with respectful care.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhīṣma addresses Yudhiṣṭhira and defines the practical mark of a righteous householder: receiving people into one’s home and honoring them with food and hospitality.