Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 93 Shloka 27 - Mahabharata | Sanskrit | Vedapath

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Shloka 27

अनुशासनपर्व अध्याय ९३ — तपस्, सदोपवास, विघसाशन, अतिथिप्रियता

Austerity, regulated fasting, residual-eating, and hospitality

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मदेयानुसंतानश्छन्दोगो ज्येष्ठतामग: । मातापित्रोर्यश्व वश्य: श्रत्रियों दशपूरुष:

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | brahmadeyānusantānaś chandogo jyeṣṭhatāmagaḥ | mātāpitror yaś ca vaśyaḥ śrotriyo daśapūruṣaḥ ||

Translation

भीष्म उवाच— ब्रह्मदेयानुसन्तानः छान्दोगो ज्येष्ठसामगः । मातापित्रोर्वशे नित्यं श्रोत्रियो दशपूरुषः ॥ स अपि पङ्क्तिपावनः ॥

Word by Word

ब्रह्मदेयानुसंतानःone belonging to an unbroken lineage of brahmadeya (brahmin endowment) recipients

छन्दोगःa Chāndoga (follower/knower of the Chāndogya/Chāndoga tradition)

ज्येष्ठतामगःsinger/chanter of the ‘Jyeṣṭha’ Sāman (the foremost sāman)

मातापित्रोःof mother and father

यःwho

वश्यःobedient/submissive

श्रोत्रियःa Veda-learned man (one versed in śruti)

दशपूरुषःhaving (a line of) ten generations (of such learning/qualification)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Brahmadeya (sacred endowment)

Chāndoga tradition (Sāmaveda)

Jyeṣṭha Sāman

mother

father

śrotriya lineage (ten generations)

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 defines qualifications that make a person ‘pankti-pāvana’—one whose presence sanctifies a communal meal or assembly—emphasizing Vedic learning and transmission, purity of lineage in study, disciplined conduct, and filial obedience as markers of dharmic worthiness.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhishma continues instructing Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma. Here he lists specific types of learned and well-conducted Brahmins—connected to brahma-endowments, the Chāndoga tradition, Sāman chanting, obedience to parents, and long-standing śrotriya lineage—who are considered fit to purify and dignify a dining line or gathering.