Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 96 Shloka 114 - Mahabharata | Sanskrit | Vedapath

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Shloka 114

Puṣkara-Śapatha Itihāsa (Agastya–Indra Dispute at the Tīrthas) | पुष्कर-शपथ-आख्यानम्

Devanagari script

अत्रि बोले--जो मृणालकी चोरी करता हो उसे गायको लात मारने, सूर्यकी ओर मुँह करके पेशाब करने और अनध्यायके समय अध्ययन करनेका पाप लगे ।।

Transliteration

Vasiṣṭha uvāca: anadhyāye paṭhel loke śunaḥ saḥ parikarṣatu | parivrāṭ kāmavṛttas tu bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ ||

Translation

वसिष्ठ उवाच—अनध्याये पठेल्लोके शुनः सः परिकर्षतु । परिव्राट् कामवृत्तस्तु बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः ॥

Word by Word

अनध्यायेat the time of non-study (prohibited time)

पठेत्should read/recite

लोकेin the world / among people

शुनःof a dog (i.e., with a dog)

सःhe

परिकर्षतुlet him drag about / be dragged around

परिव्राट्a wandering mendicant (renunciant)

कामवृत्तःacting as he pleases / of self-willed conduct

तुbut/indeed

बिसस्तैन्यंtheft of lotus-stalks (mṛṇāla/bisa)

करोतिdoes/commits

यःwho (he who)

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vasiṣṭha

parivrāṭ (wandering renunciant)

dogs (śunaḥ)

bisa (lotus-stalk fibre)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That dharma includes strict discipline in sacred learning and integrity in renunciation: studying the Veda at forbidden times (anadhyāya) and living as a desire-driven ‘renunciant’ are treated as serious moral violations, comparable to theft.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva’s didactic setting, Vasiṣṭha delivers a moral-legal judgment: he states the demerit attached to reciting during anadhyāya and condemns a wandering ascetic who behaves licentiously, declaring such conduct tantamount to stealing lotus-stalk fibres (bisa).