Shloka 74
जपतां जुद्धतां चैव नित्यं च प्रयतात्मनाम् | ऋषीणां परम जप्यं गुहमेतन्नराधिप,नरेश्वर! सदा शुद्धचित्त होकर जप करे, होम करनेवाले ऋषियोंके लिये यह परम गोपनीय मन्त्र है
japatāṁ yuddhatāṁ caiva nityaṁ ca prayatātmanām | ṛṣīṇāṁ parama-japyaṁ guhyam etan narādhipa ||
Disse Bhīṣma: “Para os que se dedicam constantemente à recitação, para os que combatem, e para os que são sempre disciplinados consigo mesmos, esta é a fórmula suprema a ser recitada. Ó rei, este é um ensinamento secreto—especialmente para os ṛṣis que praticam japa e realizam oferendas sacrificiais (homa)—a ser sustentado com a mente mantida continuamente pura.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma emphasizes that a certain sacred formula (mantra/teaching) is supremely worthy of constant recitation and is to be guarded as confidential; its efficacy is linked with steady self-discipline and purity of mind, and it is applicable both to ascetics (ṛṣis) and to those engaged in worldly duty, even warfare.
In the Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma continues instructing the king (Yudhiṣṭhira) on dharma. Here he introduces or praises a highly secret, supremely recitable teaching, presenting it as authoritative for sages who perform japa and homa, and as a sustaining discipline for people fulfilling demanding duties such as battle.