Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 156 Shloka 61 - Mahabharata | Sanskrit | Vedapath

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Shloka 61

Devanagari script

दीक्षाकालेषु सर्वेषु यः पठेन्नियतो द्विज: । न्यायवानात्मनिरत: क्षान्तो दान्तोडनसूयक:

Transliteration

dīkṣākāleṣu sarveṣu yaḥ paṭhennīyato dvijaḥ | nyāyavān ātmanirataḥ kṣānto dānto 'nasūyakaḥ ||

Translation

दीक्षाकालेषु सर्वेषु यः पठेन्नियतो द्विजः। न्यायवानात्मनिरतः क्षान्तो दान्तोऽनसूयकः॥

Word by Word

दीक्षा-कालेषुat the times of initiation

सर्वेषुin all

यःwho

पठेत्should recite

नियतःdisciplined, restrained

द्विजःa twice-born (brahmin etc.)

न्याय-वान्just, righteous

आत्म-निरतःdevoted to the self (self-absorbed/intent on self-discipline)

क्षान्तःpatient, forgiving

दान्तःself-controlled

अनसूयकःfree from envy/carping

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Disciplined recitation at sacred vow-occasions is presented as a means to cultivate dharmic character—justice, inner steadiness, patience, self-control, and freedom from envy or fault-finding.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhīṣma’s instruction on dharma (Anuśāsana Parva), he describes the moral and psychological qualities that arise for a regulated dvija who recites the prescribed names during times of dīkṣā and ritual observance.