Shloka 15

राज्ञोऽभिषेकः, अराजकदोषः, दण्डधारणस्य आवश्यकता

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

Devanagari script

आह्रिकं जपमानस्य देवान्‌ पूजयत: सदा । धर्मेण पुरुषव्याप्र धर्माश्रमपदं भवेत्‌

Transliteration

āhrikaṃ japamānasya devān pūjayataḥ sadā | dharmeṇa puruṣavyāpta dharmāśramapadaṃ bhavet, puruṣasiṃha! |

Translation

Бхишма сказал: «О лев среди людей, тот, кто ежедневно совершает предписанные обряды и повторяет священные мантры, и кто непрестанно почитает богов, — силою этой дхармы обретает заслугу правильного соблюдения дхарма-ашрама, то есть пути домохозяина (гархастха, gārhastha).»

Word by Word

• आह्रिकम्: daily rite (nitya-karman)
• आह्रिकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आह्रिक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• जपमानस्य: of (one) who is muttering/reciting
• जपमानस्य: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पूजयतः: of (one) who worships
• पूजयतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• धर्मेण: by/through dharma (righteous conduct)
• धर्मेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• पुरुषव्याघ्र: O tiger among men
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषव्याघ्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• धर्माश्रमपदम्: the state/fruit of (proper) dharma and āśrama
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्माश्रमपद
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भवेत्: would be / would accrue
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• devas (gods)
• dharma-āśrama (especially gārhasthya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Regular performance of daily obligatory rites, mantra-recitation (japa), and worship of the gods generates dharmic merit that is equivalent to (or establishes one in) the proper fulfillment of the householder’s āśrama-duties.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs the listener on dharma after the war, emphasizing disciplined daily religious practice as a foundation for ethical life and for attaining the recognized merit of the gārhasthya (householder) stage.