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Shloka 97

मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity

सदा द्वादशमासान्‌ वै जुह्मानो जातवेदसम्‌ | अहिंसानिरतो धीमान्‌ सत्यवागनसूयक:

sadā dvādaśa-māsān vai juhmāno jātavedasam | ahiṁsā-nirato dhīmān satyavāg anasūyakaḥ ||

ఎవడు పన్నెండు నెలలపాటు నిరంతరం జాతవేదసైన అగ్నిలో ఆహుతులు సమర్పించుచు, అహింసలో నిమగ్నుడై, ధీమంతుడై, సత్యవాక్యుడై, దోషాన్వేషణలేని వాడై ఉంటాడో—అటువంటి వాడే ధర్మము ప్రశంసించిన నియమబద్ధ జీవనాన్ని ధరించును.

सदाalways
सदा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा
FormAvyaya (indeclinable adverb)
द्वादशtwelve
द्वादश:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वादश
FormMasculine, accusative, plural (agreeing with मासान्)
मासान्months
मासान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमास
FormMasculine, accusative, plural
वैindeed
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
FormAvyaya (emphatic particle)
जुह्मानःoffering (in sacrifice), performing oblations
जुह्मानः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootहु
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), masculine nominative singular
जातवेदसम्Jātavedas (Agni)
जातवेदसम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootजातवेदस्
FormMasculine, accusative, singular
अहिंसाin non-violence
अहिंसा:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअहिंसा
FormFeminine, locative singular (in -आ stem: अहिंसायाम् → अहिंसा in poetic usage)
निरतःengaged, devoted
निरतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनिरत
FormMasculine, nominative, singular
धीमान्wise, intelligent
धीमान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootधीमन्
FormMasculine, nominative, singular
सत्यवाक्truth-speaking
सत्यवाक्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसत्यवाच्
FormMasculine, nominative, singular
अनसूयकःfree from envy/censure
अनसूयकः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअनसूयक
FormMasculine, nominative, singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
J
Jātavedas (Agni)

Educational Q&A

Ritual practice (regular fire-offerings through the yearly cycle) is presented alongside moral disciplines—non-violence, truthfulness, wisdom, and freedom from fault-finding—implying that dharma is fulfilled most completely when outer observance is matched by inner ethical restraint.

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma continues instructing on dharma and virtuous conduct. Here he describes the qualities of an exemplary practitioner: one who maintains sustained sacrificial observance while embodying key ethical virtues, highlighting the ideal character praised in his discourse.