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Shloka 7

Devanagari script

अमांसादी सदा च स्यात्‌ पवित्रश्न सदा भवेत्‌ । अमृताशी सदा च स्याद्‌ देवतातिथिपूजक:,मांस कभी न खाय, सदा पवित्र रहे, वैश्वदेव आदि यज्ञसे बचे हुए अमृतमय अन्नका भोजन तथा देवता और अतिथियोंकी पूजा करे

Transliteration

amāṁsādī sadā ca syāt pavitraśn sadā bhavet | amṛtāśī sadā ca syād devatātithipūjakaḥ ||

Translation

Бхишма сказал: Следует всегда воздерживаться от мяса, всегда вкушать лишь чистую пищу и регулярно есть освящённые остатки подношений — словно нектар. Следует также чтить богов и оказывать должное почтение гостям. Так повседневная жизнь становится дисциплиной чистоты, благодарности и дхармического гостеприимства.

Word by Word

अमांसादीone who does not eat meat (non-meat-eater)

सदाalways

चand

स्यात्should be

पवित्रश्नःone who eats only what is pure/ritually pure

सदाalways

भवेत्should become/should be

अमृताशीone who eats ‘amṛta’ (food remaining after offerings; sanctified food)

सदाalways

चand

स्यात्should be

देवताऽतिथिपूजकःone who worships gods and guests

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Devatāḥ (deities)

Atithi (guest)

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?

Bhishma prescribes a dharmic daily discipline: abstain from meat, eat only pure food, partake of sanctified remnants of offerings, and honor both deities and guests—linking personal purity with reverence and hospitality.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on righteous living, Bhishma continues advising Yudhishthira on proper conduct (ācāra), emphasizing food ethics, ritual purity, and the duty of worship and guest-honor as pillars of household dharma.