Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 93 Shloka 9 - Mahabharata | Sanskrit | Vedapath

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Shloka 9

अनुशासनपर्व अध्याय ९३ — तपस्, सदोपवास, विघसाशन, अतिथिप्रियता

Austerity, regulated fasting, residual-eating, and hospitality

Devanagari script

पर्वकारश्न सूची च मित्रध्रुक्‌ पारदारिक: । अव्रतानामुपाध्याय: काण्डपृष्ठस्तथैव च

Transliteration

parvakāraś ca sūcī ca mitradhruk pāradārikaḥ | avratānām upādhyāyaḥ kāṇḍapṛṣṭhas tathaiva ca ||

Translation

पर्वकारश्च सूची च मित्रध्रुक् पारदारिकः । अव्रतानामुपाध्यायः काण्डपृष्ठस्तथैव च ॥

Word by Word

पर्वकारःone who makes/causes divisions (a splitter; schismatic)

अश्नःa stone (one who is hard/stone-like; lit. 'stone')

सूचीa needle; (fig.) a pricker/slanderer

चand

मित्रध्रुक्betrayer of friends

पारदारिकःadulterer; one who goes to others' wives

अव्रतानाम्of the unvowed; of those without discipline

उपाध्यायःteacher; preceptor

काण्डपृष्ठःone who is 'on the back of a section'; a superficial reader/reciter (knowing only the outer part)

तथाthus; likewise

एवindeed; just

चand

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse lists socially and morally condemned behaviors—betraying friends, adultery, informing for harm, deceitful fabrication, teaching the undisciplined for improper ends, and attacking from behind—highlighting that dharma requires loyalty, restraint, honesty, and straightforward conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma continues his instruction on dharma, enumerating types of people and actions considered ignoble, as part of a broader ethical discourse to guide righteous living.