Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 96 Shloka 10 - Mahabharata | Sanskrit | Vedapath

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Shloka 10

Devanagari script

भीष्म उवाच अन्तरा सायमाशं च प्रातराशं च यो नर: । सदोपवासी भवति यो न भुंक्तेडन्तरा पुन:

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca antarā sāyamāśaṃ ca prātarāśaṃ ca yo naraḥ | sadopavāsī bhavati yo na bhuṅkte’ntarā punaḥ ||

Translation

भीष्म उवाच—अन्तरा सायमाशं च प्रातराशं च यो नरः। सदोपवासी भवति यो न भुङ्क्तेऽन्तरा पुनः॥

Word by Word

भीष्मःBhishma

उवाचsaid

अन्तराin between; between (meals)

सायम्in the evening

आशम्meal; food-intake

चand

प्रातराशम्morning meal

चand

यःwho

नरःman

सदाalways

उपवासीone who fasts; fasting

भवतिbecomes/is

यःwho

नnot

भुङ्क्तेeats

अन्तराin between

पुनःagain

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

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?

Regular restraint—avoiding food between the evening and morning meals—is praised as a sustained form of fasting, emphasizing self-control and disciplined living as dharmic practice.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma, instructing on dharma and observances, defines a practical daily rule of eating: one who does not snack or eat again between the two main meals is regarded as continually observing a fast.