Shloka 107
Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment
Parāśara’s Instruction
आपके केश गंगाके तरंगोंसे अंकित तथा मुञ्जके समान हैं। आपको नमस्कार है। आप ब्राह्मणोंके छ: कर्म--अध्ययन-अध्यापन, यजन-याजन तथा दान और प्रतिग्रहसे संतुष्ट रहते हैं; स्वयं यजन, अध्ययन और दानरूप तीन कर्मोंमें ही तत्पर रहते हैं। आपको मेरा प्रणाम है ।।
varṇāśramāṇāṁ vidhivat pṛthak-karmanivartini | namo ghuṣyāya ghoṣāya namaḥ kalakalāya ca ||
Teus cabelos trazem marcas como as ondas do Ganges e são como a relva muñja. A ti, saudações. Tu te contentas com os seis deveres dos brâmanes—estudar e ensinar, realizar o yajña e fazê-lo realizar, dar e receber—mas tu mesmo te aplicas apenas aos três: realizar o yajña, estudar e dar. A ti me prostro. E reverencio o Som sagrado que, segundo a regra, distingue e ordena os deveres próprios dos varṇa e dos āśrama. Curvo-me ao chamado ressoante e ao murmúrio contínuo.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse venerates the principle that dharma is sustained when the duties of each varṇa and āśrama are kept distinct and followed according to rule; the ‘sound’ imagery suggests public proclamation, ritual recitation, and the living rhythm of ordered conduct.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma continues his instruction on dharma and social order; here he offers salutations to the force (personified) that maintains proper differentiation of duties, praising the resonant and murmuring sounds associated with regulated religious and communal life.