Shloka 35

अन्नदान-प्रशंसा (Praise of the Gift of Food) | Annadāna-Praśaṃsā

Devanagari script

अपरेषां परेषां च परेभ्यश्षापि ये परे,छोटे-बड़े और बड़ोंसे भी बड़े जो क्षत्रिय तेज और बलसे तप रहे हैं, उन सबके तेज और तप ब्राह्मणोंके पास जाते ही शान्त हो जाते हैं

Transliteration

apareṣāṃ pareṣāṃ ca parebhyaś cāpi ye pare, kṣatriyāḥ tejaḥ-balena tapyante ye mahābalāḥ; teṣāṃ sarveṣāṃ tejas-tapaḥ brāhmaṇeṣu upasaṃkrānteṣu śāmyati

Translation

भीष्म उवाच— अपरेषां परेषां च परेभ्यश्चापि ये परे । ये क्षत्रियाः स्वतेजसा स्वबलेन च प्रतपन्ति, तेषां सर्वेषां तेजांसि तपांसि च ब्राह्मणसन्निधौ प्रशाम्यन्ति ।

Word by Word

• अपरेषाम्: of others (inferior/other ones)
• अपरेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• परेषाम्: of others (superior/other ones)
• परेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• परेभ्यः: from (those) superior/others
• परेभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Plural

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• परे: superior/greater
• परे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Brahmanas
• Kshatriyas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Worldly power (kshatriya tejas and bala) must be governed by dharma; the presence of Brahmanas symbolizes spiritual discipline and moral authority that can pacify aggression and pride, turning force toward restraint and right conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhishma’s instruction on conduct and social-religious order, he contrasts the blazing might of even the greatest warriors with the calming influence of Brahmanas, asserting that their spiritual standing causes the warriors’ fiery intensity to subside.