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Shloka 16

न तेषां भिद्यते वृत्तं यज्ञा: स्वाध्यायकर्म च । आचार: कारणं चैव धर्मश्वैकस्त्रयं पुन:

na teṣāṁ bhidyate vṛttaṁ yajñāḥ svādhyāya-karma ca | ācāraḥ kāraṇaṁ caiva dharmaś caikaḥ trayaṁ punaḥ ||

அத்தகைய சாந்தர்களின் நிலையான வாழ்க்கை முறையில் ஒருபோதும் இடைஞ்சல் ஏற்படாது; அவர்களுடைய யாகங்கள், ஸ்வாத்யாயம், பிற புனிதக் கடமைகளும் தடைபடுவதில்லை. அவர்களிடம் ஆச்சாரம், அதை விளக்கும் வேத-சாஸ்திரங்கள், தர்மம்—இந்த மூன்றும் முரண்படாமல் ஒரே ஒற்றுமையில் நிற்கின்றன.

not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine/neuter, genitive, plural
भिद्यतेis broken / is disrupted
भिद्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootभिद्
Formpresent, passive (ātmanepada form), third, singular
वृत्तम्conduct / practice
वृत्तम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्त
Formneuter, nominative, singular
यज्ञाःsacrifices
यज्ञाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
स्वाध्यायself-study (Vedic recitation/study)
स्वाध्याय:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्वाध्याय
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
कर्मritual action / duty
कर्म:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन्
Formneuter, nominative, singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
आचारःright conduct
आचारः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआचार
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
कारणम्cause / basis
कारणम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकारण
Formneuter, nominative, singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed / just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
धर्मःdharma / righteousness
धर्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एकःone / unified
एकः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootएक
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
त्रयम्a triad / threefold set
त्रयम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootत्रय
Formneuter, nominative, singular
पुनःagain / moreover
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma

Educational Q&A

True saints maintain an unbroken moral discipline: their conduct, their Vedic study, and their sacrificial duties remain steady, and their lived practice (ācāra), scriptural authority (Veda-śāstra), and dharma mutually confirm one another as a single coherent whole.

In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma (Anuśāsana Parva), he describes the hallmark of the righteous: their daily life and religious observances do not falter, and their behavior aligns naturally with scriptural teaching and the principles of dharma.